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FOUR-FOOTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does four-footed mean? 

FOUR-FOOTED (adjective)
  The adjective FOUR-FOOTED has 1 sense:

1. having four feetplay

  Familiarity information: FOUR-FOOTED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOUR-FOOTED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having four feet

Synonyms:

four-footed; quadruped; quadrupedal


 Context examples 


When day broke, and the battle was to begin, all the four-footed animals came running up with such a noise that the earth trembled.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Thus war was announced to the Bear, and all four-footed animals were summoned to take part in it, oxen, asses, cows, deer, and every other animal the earth contained.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)



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