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BIPEDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bipedal mean?
• BIPEDAL (adjective)
The adjective BIPEDAL has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BIPEDAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having two feet
Synonyms:
biped; bipedal; two-footed
Antonym:
quadrupedal (having four feet)
Derivation:
biped (an animal with two feet)
Context examples
The forelimbs of these bipedal animals have been modified to form wings.
(Aves, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals comprising recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms.
(Hominid, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
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