tetrapodn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɛtrəpɒd/, U.S.

/ˈtɛtrəˌpɑd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: tetra- comb. form, -pod comb. form.

Etymology: < tetra- comb. form + -pod comb. form. In specific zoological senses after scientific Latin Tetrapoda Tetrapoda n.; compare French tétrapode, noun (1802 in entomology) and adjective (1803 in zoology).

A. n.

a. Entomology. A butterfly of the former division Tetrapoda having four functional walking legs. rare.

ΚΠ

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 343 Tetrapod,..an insect having only four perfect legs.

1832 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XV. 586 The other butterflies of the same division (the tetrapods) have the two anterior feet evidently shorter than the others.

2003 R. Vane-Wright in C. L. Boggs et al. Butterflies xxii. 488 All these butterflies are ambulatory tetrapods in both sexes, with the forelegs unused for walking.

b. Zoology. Originally: a four-footed animal; a quadruped. Later: an animal with four limbs; spec. an animal of the superclass Tetrapoda.See note at quadruped n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts) of foot > quadruped

beastc1300

quadruped1607

quadrupedal1648

tetrapod1833

1833 Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 484 In Mammàlia the union of cetaceous fishes with the genuine tetrapods (quadrupeds)..has always appeared to me exceedingly unnatural.

1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 263 In all four-limbed vertebrates, or Tetrapoda (Credner), the first and second phalanges..are homogenous; the earliest tetrapods had such phalanges.

1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) iii. 10 The derivation of four-legged animals (tetrapods) from fish ancestors raises several problems.

1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics iii. 51 The past distribution of tetrapods implies that there must have been easy communication between all parts of Gondwanaland and Laurasia.

2007 Wired Jan. 41/2 Fishopod... Paleontologists' pet name for Tikaalik roseae, the coveted link between the seafaring fish and landlubbing tetrapod.

2. Archaeology. A vessel (or its support) having (or consisting of) four feet.

ΚΠ

1937 Amer. Antiq. 3 93 He [sc. J. E. Thompson] states that mammiform tetrapods are diagnostic of early cultures in Central America.

1964 Current Anthropol. 5 376/2 Both high and low ring stands are used... In the Philippines rare tetrapods are found while in Malaya tripods are present.

2002 Lat. Amer. Antiq. 13 90 (table) Redware jars; one with mammiform tetrapods.

3. Engineering. A large concrete block used in sea defences, typically having four truncated conical projections which interlock with those of other blocks.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > platform > structure for protection against storms

tetrapod1956

1956 Humbolt (Calif.) Standard 20 Feb. 9/3 The casting of tetrapods, a jack-like device being used for the first time this side of Europe and Africa, will begin.

1980 Citizen (Ottawa) 3 Dec. 43/1 The tetrapods, which look like children's playing jacks, are designed to break up heavy waves in the event of a hurricane.

2000 Coastal Engin. 40 211 Only one tetrapod could be lifted out from the north rubble mound near the waterline.

B. adj.

†a. Entomology. Of a butterfly: having four functional walking legs; belonging to the former division Tetrapoda. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Brit. Butterflies (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. III) 62 The species so circumstanced are named tetrapod, or four-footed butterflies.

1885 Times 24 Dec. 14/3 It is one of the so-called tetrapod butterflies, the anterior pair of legs being quite rudimentary.

b. Zoology. Originally: of or relating to quadrupeds; having four feet. Later: of or relating to animals of the superclass Tetrapoda; having four limbs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed

fetherfootedc1175

four-footedc1175

four-foota1400

quadrupeded1542

quadrupedal1620

quadruped1649

quadrupedant1656

quadrupedical1824

tetrapod1859

quadrupedic1888

tetrapous1899

1859 E. Hallowell in Rep. Explor. Routes Calif. (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific V) i. 8 Lacertidæ. Char[acters].—‘Saurians with an elongated body, tetrapod, with four or five toes unequal.’

1911 Science 31 Mar. 509/2 Differential evolution of the basals and radials had brought about certain remote resemblances to the tetrapod limb.

1949 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 136 p. viii The results..led to a discussion of the mechanics of the tetrapod skeleton.

1985 E. H. Colbert Wandering Lands & Animals (new ed.) iv. 112 Let us consider briefly the changes..that gave to Triassic tetrapod faunas their particular characters.

2006 J. Moore & R. Moore Evolution 101 iv. 123 Even some snakes have vestigial limbs, evidence of their tetrapod ancestors.

2. Archaeology. Of a vessel (or its support): having (or consisting of) four feet.

ΚΠ

1932 Mem. Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist. 3 ii. 62 The swollen cylinder tetrapod supports of the flat bowl are typical of the later periods.

1979 Archaeol. May–June 36 The hallmark artifact..is the mammiform tetrapod vessel—a bowl with four supports, each in the shape of a female breast.

2004 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 334. 22 (caption) A tetrapod platter from Palace B1 at Yarmuth.

Derivatives

teˈtrapodous adj. Zoology having or using four limbs; characteristic of tetrapods.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed > of a quadruped

quadrupedian1647

quadrupedal1660

quadrupedial1663

four-footeda1682

quadrupedan1800

tetrapodous1831

quadrupeda1835

1831 H. McMurtrie tr. P. A. Latreille in G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom IV. 176 The first are always tetrapodous.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 265/2 No species of Bird ever deviates..from the tetrapodous type of formation.

1913 Amer. Naturalist 47 255 No one knows whether or not this was the way of the origin of the tetrapodous limb.

1997 R. Fortey Life vi. 174 The chairman afterwards made some poor jokes (also a tradition) about some of the members returning to primitive tetrapodous modes of gait by the end of the evening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tetrapod
释义	tetrapodn.adj. Brit. /ˈtɛtrəpɒd/, U.S. /ˈtɛtrəˌpɑd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: tetra- comb. form, -pod comb. form. Etymology: < tetra- comb. form + -pod comb. form. In specific zoological senses after scientific Latin Tetrapoda Tetrapoda n.; compare French tétrapode, noun (1802 in entomology) and adjective (1803 in zoology). A. n. 1. a. Entomology. A butterfly of the former division Tetrapoda having four functional walking legs. rare. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 343 Tetrapod,..an insect having only four perfect legs. 1832 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom XV. 586 The other butterflies of the same division (the tetrapods) have the two anterior feet evidently shorter than the others. 2003 R. Vane-Wright in C. L. Boggs et al. Butterflies xxii. 488 All these butterflies are ambulatory tetrapods in both sexes, with the forelegs unused for walking. b. Zoology. Originally: a four-footed animal; a quadruped. Later: an animal with four limbs; spec. an animal of the superclass Tetrapoda.See note at quadruped n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts) of foot > quadruped beastc1300 quadruped1607 quadrupedal1648 tetrapod1833 1833 Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 484 In Mammàlia the union of cetaceous fishes with the genuine tetrapods (quadrupeds)..has always appeared to me exceedingly unnatural. 1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 263 In all four-limbed vertebrates, or Tetrapoda (Credner), the first and second phalanges..are homogenous; the earliest tetrapods had such phalanges. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) iii. 10 The derivation of four-legged animals (tetrapods) from fish ancestors raises several problems. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics iii. 51 The past distribution of tetrapods implies that there must have been easy communication between all parts of Gondwanaland and Laurasia. 2007 Wired Jan. 41/2 Fishopod... Paleontologists' pet name for Tikaalik roseae, the coveted link between the seafaring fish and landlubbing tetrapod. 2. Archaeology. A vessel (or its support) having (or consisting of) four feet. ΚΠ 1937 Amer. Antiq. 3 93 He [sc. J. E. Thompson] states that mammiform tetrapods are diagnostic of early cultures in Central America. 1964 Current Anthropol. 5 376/2 Both high and low ring stands are used... In the Philippines rare tetrapods are found while in Malaya tripods are present. 2002 Lat. Amer. Antiq. 13 90 (table) Redware jars; one with mammiform tetrapods. 3. Engineering. A large concrete block used in sea defences, typically having four truncated conical projections which interlock with those of other blocks. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > platform > structure for protection against storms tetrapod1956 1956 Humbolt (Calif.) Standard 20 Feb. 9/3 The casting of tetrapods, a jack-like device being used for the first time this side of Europe and Africa, will begin. 1980 Citizen (Ottawa) 3 Dec. 43/1 The tetrapods, which look like children's playing jacks, are designed to break up heavy waves in the event of a hurricane. 2000 Coastal Engin. 40 211 Only one tetrapod could be lifted out from the north rubble mound near the waterline. B. adj. 1. †a. Entomology. Of a butterfly: having four functional walking legs; belonging to the former division Tetrapoda. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Brit. Butterflies (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. III) 62 The species so circumstanced are named tetrapod, or four-footed butterflies. 1885 Times 24 Dec. 14/3 It is one of the so-called tetrapod butterflies, the anterior pair of legs being quite rudimentary. b. Zoology. Originally: of or relating to quadrupeds; having four feet. Later: of or relating to animals of the superclass Tetrapoda; having four limbs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed fetherfootedc1175 four-footedc1175 four-foota1400 quadrupeded1542 quadrupedal1620 quadruped1649 quadrupedant1656 quadrupedical1824 tetrapod1859 quadrupedic1888 tetrapous1899 1859 E. Hallowell in Rep. Explor. Routes Calif. (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific V) i. 8 Lacertidæ. Char[acters].—‘Saurians with an elongated body, tetrapod, with four or five toes unequal.’ 1911 Science 31 Mar. 509/2 Differential evolution of the basals and radials had brought about certain remote resemblances to the tetrapod limb. 1949 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 136 p. viii The results..led to a discussion of the mechanics of the tetrapod skeleton. 1985 E. H. Colbert Wandering Lands & Animals (new ed.) iv. 112 Let us consider briefly the changes..that gave to Triassic tetrapod faunas their particular characters. 2006 J. Moore & R. Moore Evolution 101 iv. 123 Even some snakes have vestigial limbs, evidence of their tetrapod ancestors. 2. Archaeology. Of a vessel (or its support): having (or consisting of) four feet. ΚΠ 1932 Mem. Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist. 3 ii. 62 The swollen cylinder tetrapod supports of the flat bowl are typical of the later periods. 1979 Archaeol. May–June 36 The hallmark artifact..is the mammiform tetrapod vessel—a bowl with four supports, each in the shape of a female breast. 2004 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 334. 22 (caption) A tetrapod platter from Palace B1 at Yarmuth. Derivatives teˈtrapodous adj. Zoology having or using four limbs; characteristic of tetrapods. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed > of a quadruped quadrupedian1647 quadrupedal1660 quadrupedial1663 four-footeda1682 quadrupedan1800 tetrapodous1831 quadrupeda1835 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. P. A. Latreille in G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom IV. 176 The first are always tetrapodous. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 265/2 No species of Bird ever deviates..from the tetrapodous type of formation. 1913 Amer. Naturalist 47 255 No one knows whether or not this was the way of the origin of the tetrapodous limb. 1997 R. Fortey Life vi. 174 The chairman afterwards made some poor jokes (also a tradition) about some of the members returning to primitive tetrapodous modes of gait by the end of the evening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1826
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