bipedal

Examples

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• Padian says he believes the smaller pterosaurs were bipedal and therefore took off with two legs instead of four.

  Blog text (7)

• The new fossil demonstrates that these early human ancestors were fully bipedal.

  Academic text (2011)

• And you could tell what it was was a very powerful bipedal animal.

  Boggy Creek Monster (2016)

• Well, we're bipedal, and we have two organs related by reflection that let us sense light and form images.

• But what kind of huge bipedal creature can carry itself on such a narrow, three toed foot?

  Boggy Creek Monster (2016)

• "Afarensis was, in a way, a bipedal primitive ancestor," says Zeresenay.

  Academic text (2007)

• Descending human stairs should have been difficult for a bipedal creature only forty centimeters tall, but he flew down them with ease.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Like other tyrannosaurids, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by an extended, heavy tail.

  Blog text (2)

• The theory inspired a flood of papers explaining why the savannah habitat inevitably resulted in humans becoming naked, bipedal, and large-brained.

  Academic text (1995)

• We Homo sapiens are descended from bipedal primates—usually called hominids—that first appeared in Africa some 5 million years ago.

  Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

B

biped

vsbipedal

• Specialized

1 6.7

Having two legs and walking on them

focuses on using two legs for locomotion rather than just possession

T

two-footed

vsbipedal

2.5

Standing or walking on two feet like a person

emphasizes walking on two legs for moving rather than mere possession

Antonyms

Q

quadrupedal

1 8.2

An animal or machine that moves on four legs like a dog

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology