biped
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bipēs, bipedis. Alternatively analyzable as bi- + -ped.
Pronunciation
Noun
biped (plural bipeds)
- An animal, being or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs).
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 89:
- He was badgered in that witness-box for an hour. By a distracting repetition of cross-examination he was forced to confess that he had seen and spoken to a human biped in broad daylight, yet could not recollect one singularity to distinguish this phantom from the flat mass of humanity.
Derived terms
Translations
a two-footed (or two-legged) animal
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bipède, from Latin bipes.
Adjective
biped m or n (feminine singular bipedă, masculine plural bipezi, feminine and neuter plural bipede)
Declension
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