tetrapous
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tetrapous — to tetraprionid: see tetra … Useful english dictionary
tetrapous — a. four footed … Dictionary of difficult words
tétrapode — [ tetrapɔd ] n. m. et adj. • mil. XXe; « quadrupède » 1803; gr. tetrapous, podos I ♦ N. m. pl. Zool. LES TÉTRAPODES : ensemble de vertébrés dont le squelette comporte deux paires d appendices de structure semblable appelés membres, que ces… … Encyclopédie Universelle
tetrapod — noun Etymology: New Latin tetrapodus, from Greek tetrapod , tetrapous four footed, from tetra + pod , pous foot more at foot Date: circa 1891 a vertebrate (as an amphibian, a bird, or a mammal) with two pairs of limbs … New Collegiate Dictionary
tetrapod — /te treuh pod /, n. 1. any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four limbed ancestors. 2. an object, as a caltrop, having four projections radiating from one central node, with each forming an angle of 120° with… … Universalium
tetrapod — 1. noun a) Any vertebrate with four limbs. b) Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that have evolved from early tetrapods; especially all members of the superclass Tetrapoda 2. adjective Having four limbs or feet … Wiktionary
tetrapus — A malformed individual with four feet. [G. tetrapous, fr. tetra + pous, foot] * * * tet·ra·pus (tetґrə pəs) [tetra + Gr. pous foot] a human fetus having four feet … Medical dictionary
quadrupede — qua·drù·pe·de agg., s.m. e f. 1. agg. TS zool. di animale, provvisto di quattro arti, utilizzati tutti e quattro per la locomozione, spec. con riferimento ai mammiferi 2. s.m. CO mammifero a quattro zampe: il cavallo è un quadrupede 3. s.m. e f.… … Dizionario italiano
tetrapode — te·trà·po·de agg., s.m. TS zool. 1a. agg., di animale, che ha quattro arti 1b. s.m., animale del raggruppamento dei Tetrapodi | pl. con iniz. maiusc., raggruppamento del phylum dei Vertebrati comprendente gli Anfibi, i Rettili, gli Uccelli e i… … Dizionario italiano
tetrapod — 1826, from Mod.L. tetrapodus, from Gk. tetrapous, from tetra (see TETRA (Cf. tetra )) + pous (see FOOT (Cf. foot)) … Etymology dictionary
