[1600–10; bi-1 + pedal (adj.)]This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dolly, progressive, quarantine, setup, syndicatebi- is a combining form meaning “twice,” “two,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix bi- include: biceps, bilabial, bilateral, bilingual, bimodal
Examples of 'bipedal' in a sentence
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Our jaws became complicated joints after we went bipedal.
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Actually, he was quite wrong; we've been eating oysters since we were bipedal.
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The blame for that goes to another bipedal opportunist.
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But none of these species is bipedal.
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Clever tool-making hands meant we had to be bipedal.
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The idea of an efficient running bipedal animal taking to the trees seems quite unlikely.
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Three million years ago she was on her way out of the trees and becoming bipedal.