bipedaladj.
/ˈbʌɪpɪdəl/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > two, etc., feet long or wide
bipedalc1420
footed1568
septipedal1606
twelve-footed1611
septempedal1656
two-foot1664
six-foot1681
fourteen-foot1890
two-foot-wide1891
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. vi. 185 Brik bipedal chaneled bryng on lofte.
2. Having two feet, two-footed, biped; spec. designating a reptile that uses its two hind feet for walking or running; also denoting this method of movement.
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the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > bipedal
bipedal1607
bipedaneous1656
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
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 548 Three kinds of mice, of the which some are called Bipedall or Two-footed.
1760 Life & Adventures of Cat 106 His bipedal fellow-creatures.
1854 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 273/2 Clergymen may still be found..in an easy association with their flocks, quadrupedal and bipedal.
1870 T. H. Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 26 p. xlviii These Bird-reptiles or Reptile-birds were more or less completely bipedal.
1896 Nature 27 Feb. 397/1 The absurdly grotesque appearances these lizards presented when progressing in this bipedal fashion.
1898 Nature 10 Feb. 341/2 Several varieties of these bipedal lizards are now on view in the Reptile House.
1907 Proc. Zool. Soc. Feb. 231 The most primitive Dinosaurs are bipedal in their habits.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 5/1 Having once lost the prize in the overture With his bipedal rival.
3. Of, pertaining to, or caused by a biped.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > two-footed
double-footed1552
bipedal1833
1833 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (1874) xxi. 371 The bipedal impressions are for the most part trifid.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 467 Man is distinguished..by his..bipedal progression.
Derivatives
biˈpedalism n.
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the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [noun] > bipedalism
bipedalism1907
1907 Proc. Zool. Soc. Feb. 234 A bipedal animal never could or did develop a patagium without giving up bipedalism.
1969 Times 6 Feb. 10/8 Palaeo~anthropologists still do not know what factors influenced the adoption of bipedalism.
biˈpedally adv.
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the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [adverb] > in a bipedal manner
bipedally1898
1898 Nature 10 Feb. 341/1 The Mexican Iguanoid Lizard..also runs bipedally.
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