biped

noun

Definition of bipednext
as in animal
a 2-footed animal Human beings are bipeds.

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Recent Examples of biped All that really leaves are the special effects, which are made-for-Imax fine, though this modern rendition of Kong as a very human-ish biped has never looked quite right, a flaw that’s only multiplied. — Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024 The footage shows a large, hairy biped walking across a hillside before squatting in the sagebrush. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2023 Now, of course, Boston Dynamics is the authority in legged robots, with its Atlas biped and Spot quadruped. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2023 Once inside, even the tallest biped will find the rear executive-lounge-style seats of the Maybach to be among the most comfortable this side of airborne First Class. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for biped
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  1. animal
  2. creature
  3. quadruped
Noun
  • Cutting-edge visual effects create a world of talking photorealistic animals that might as well be a nature documentary, and attention is paid to livening up the humor, with Billy Eichner’s funny, overdramatic meerkat Timon showing up everybody, including Beyoncé. 9.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.
    — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of animal
Noun
  • Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the world’s ugliest animal.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Nearby, kids were crouching to look into a clear tube tank and even adults were sliding on their backs under the adjacent upside-down jellyfish tank to snap a picture of these topsy-turvy creatures.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of creature
Noun
  • And since Aibo’s debut, the company has sold more than 170,000 of the cute little quadrupeds—a huge number considering their price of several thousand dollars each.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This paper contributes to quantifying the notion of robotic fitness by developing a set of necessary conditions that determine whether a small quadruped has the ability to open a class of doors or climb a class of stairs using only quasi-static maneuvers.
    — Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017
Definition of quadruped

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