tetrapod
nounAny 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.
nounA 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.
nounA four-footed animal; a quadruped; specifically, a member of the Tetrapoda.
nounAn insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.
nounAny
Any vertebrate (such as
Concrete structures with ‘arms’ used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
adjectiveHaving four limbs or
a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
