tetrapod

noun

Any of numerous organisms of the group Tetrapoda, usually characterized as those species that have four limbs with digits and those, such as whales and snakes, that are descended from such species. Tetrapoda includes the amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

noun

A vertebrate animal with four feet, legs, or leglike appendages.

Four-footed; quadruped; specifically, having only four perfect legs, as certain butterflies; of or pertaining to the Tetrapoda.

noun

A four-footed animal; a quadruped; specifically, a member of the Tetrapoda.

noun

An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.

noun

Any vertebrate with four limbs.

noun

Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that have evolved from early tetrapods; especially all members of the superclass Tetrapoda

noun

Concrete structures with ‘arms’ used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.

adjective

Having four limbs or feet

noun

a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages