On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Quadrupedal. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as quadruped or biped and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Quadrupedal in a sentence
Quadrupedal meaning
Walking on four feet.
Using Quadrupedal
- The main meaning on this page is: Walking on four feet.
- Useful related words include: quadruped, four-footed, biped, bipedal.
Context around Quadrupedal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quadrupedal
- In this selection, "quadrupedal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, littledog, use, giant, systems, locomotion and manner stand out and add context to how "quadrupedal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and littledog quadrupedal systems and and characterized by quadrupedal knuckle walking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quadrupedal" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quadrupedal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Possums are quadrupedal diprotodont marsupials with long tails. (8 words)
Most ground locomotion is characterized by quadrupedal knuckle walking. (9 words)
All primates possess some bipedal ability, though most species primarily use quadrupedal locomotion on land. (15 words)
Egerton, p. 42. The musky rat-kangaroo is the smallest macropod and the only species that is quadrupedal not bipedal, Menkhorst and Knight, p. 110. while the male red kangaroo is the largest, reaching a height of about 2 m and weighing up to 85 kg. (46 words)
An animal or machine that usually moves in a quadrupedal manner is known as a quadruped, meaning "four feet" (from the Latin quattuor for "four" and pes for "foot"). (29 words)
It burst into the mainstream in 2009 with the BigDog and LittleDog quadrupedal systems and debuted the first iteration of its bipedal Atlas platform in 2013. (26 words)
Example sentences (11)
It burst into the mainstream in 2009 with the BigDog and LittleDog quadrupedal systems and debuted the first iteration of its bipedal Atlas platform in 2013.
All primates possess some bipedal ability, though most species primarily use quadrupedal locomotion on land.
An animal or machine that usually moves in a quadrupedal manner is known as a quadruped, meaning "four feet" (from the Latin quattuor for "four" and pes for "foot").
Egerton, p. 42. The musky rat-kangaroo is the smallest macropod and the only species that is quadrupedal not bipedal, Menkhorst and Knight, p. 110. while the male red kangaroo is the largest, reaching a height of about 2 m and weighing up to 85 kg.
Energetics Speed generally governs gait selection, with quadrupedal mammals moving from a walk to a run to a gallop as speed increases.
In those two groups, the forelimbs of quadrupedal species were usually rotated so that the hands faced forward with palms backward ("pronated") as the animals walked.
Most ground locomotion is characterized by quadrupedal knuckle walking.
Over 25 species have been found, and include giant quadrupedal hunters, sleek bipedal omnivores, and lumbering beasts with deep sails on their backs.
Possums are quadrupedal diprotodont marsupials with long tails.
The hindlegs are slightly longer than the forelegs, although not enough to hamper fully quadrupedal movement (unlike the sportive lemurs ).
The standard assumptions were that pterosaurs were quadrupedal, clumsy on the ground, furred, warmblooded and had a wing membrane reaching the ankle.