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单词 biped
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bipedn.adj.

Brit. /ˈbʌɪpɛd/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌpɛd/
Etymology: < Latin biped-em, < bi- two + pedem (nominative pēs) foot; compare French bipède.
A. n.
A two-footed animal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > two-footed animal
biped1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iv. 114 Neither biped nor quadruped oviparous have any [stones] exteriorly. View more context for this quotation
1699 E. Tyson Orang-outang 91 Our Pygmie is..tho' a Biped, yet of the Quadrumanus-kind.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 203 Every thing does well, except those fastidious bipeds, men and women.
B. adj.
Having two feet; two-footed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > having one or two
two-footedc1374
one-footed1440
bipedal1607
two-foot1620
biped1799
uniped1835
1799 R. Southey Nondescripts i, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 59 His drivers goad the biped beast.
1851–2 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1297/1 The purely biped progression of Man.
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