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tetrapod.

Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɑd/General-American
  1. Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc.

  2. Any item with four arms or four feet, such as a light stand, a gun mount, etc. A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.

  3. A type of vertebrate animal Any vertebrate with four limbs.

  4. A type of vertebrate animal Any member of the superclass Tetrapoda

  5. A type of vertebrate animal Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods

Where this word comes from

From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.

adj/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɑd/General-American
  1. Having four limbs or feet

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From tetra- + -pod. Doublet of quadruped.

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