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