| 单词 | tetrapodous |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteˈtrapodous 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. < as lemmas |
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