Quadruped
Pronunciation of Quadruped
/kwˈɒdɹuːpt/, /kwˈɒdɹuːpt/, /k_w_ˈɒ_d_ɹ_uː_p_t/
Usage examples for quadruped:
- An untutored lad when mounted thinks he is riding a horse, whereas the quadruped, knowing at once that the boy does not know anything about his business, allows him to simply balance himself while he gives him a ride. - "Revisiting the Earth", James Langdon Hill.
- Whereon I did ask thee, in a Latin play of words, to give me at least a quadruped, not a tripod, for my journey. - "Harold, Complete The Last Of The Saxon Kings", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
- Not that she had more than a timid hope of seeing that celebrated quadruped himself. - "When Ghost Meets Ghost", William Frend De Morgan.
