biped
/ˈbʌɪpɛd
/noun
An animal that uses two legs for walking.The open savannas where the earliest bipeds evolved were hot, with little shade, and the effect of the sun would have been severe....
- It's possible, for example, that early hominids living as bipeds in patchy forests became easier targets for leopards and other predators.
- In an upright biped, like humans and Australopithecines, the head is balanced on top of the spine, whereas in the quadruped like a chimpanzee the head is slung from the front of the spine.
adjective
Using two legs for walking.Imagine the primordial fear a competing biped species produces....
- The ultimate aim of the human evolution is to become ' human ' instead of a well dressed and well armed biped animal.
- They add that these evolutionary fixes do not ward off an array of problems that arise from our biped stance.
Origin
Mid 17th century (earlier (early 17th century) as bipedal): from Latin bipes, biped- (from bi- 'having two' + pes, ped- 'foot').