quadruped

A four-footed animal.

Four-footed; having four limbs fitted for sustaining the body and for progression; habitually going on all fours: opposed to aliped and biped: correlated with quadrumanous and pedimanous: chiefly said of mammals, but also of four-footed reptiles, as lizards and tortoises. Compare quadrumanous.

A four-footed or quadruped animal: especially, a four-footed mammal, as distinguished from a biped, as man or a bird.

Having four feet.

An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; — often restricted to the mammals.

a four-footed or four-legged animal

a mammal ambulating on all fours

having four feet

an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking