tetrapodus

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• tetrapod — noun Etymology: New Latin tetrapodus, from Greek tetrapod , tetrapous four footed, from tetra + pod , pous foot more at foot Date: circa 1891 a vertebrate (as an amphibian, a bird, or a mammal) with two pairs of limbs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tetrapod — /te treuh pod /, n. 1. any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four limbed ancestors. 2. an object, as a caltrop, having four projections radiating from one central node, with each forming an angle of 120° with… …   Universalium

• tetrapod — 1826, from Mod.L. tetrapodus, from Gk. tetrapous, from tetra (see TETRA (Cf. tetra )) + pous (see FOOT (Cf. foot)) …   Etymology dictionary

• tetrapod — noun 1》 Zoology an animal of a group (superclass Tetrapoda) which includes all vertebrates apart from fishes. 2》 an object with four feet, legs, or supports. Origin C19: from mod. L. tetrapodus, from Gk tetrapous, tetrapod four footed …   English new terms dictionary

• tetrapod — tȅtrapōd m <N mn tȅtrapōdi> DEFINICIJA zool. životinja koja se kreće na četiri noge; četveronožac ETIMOLOGIJA nlat. tetrapodus ← grč. tetrápous ≃ tetra + pod …   Hrvatski jezični portal

• tetrapod — tet•ra•pod [[t]ˈtɛ trəˌpɒd[/t]] n. 1) bio zool. any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four limbed ancestors 2) bio having four limbs or descended from four limbed ancestors • Etymology: 1820–30; < NL… …   From formal English to slang

• tetrapod — n. 1 Zool. an animal with four feet. 2 a structure supported by four feet radiating from a centre. Derivatives: tetrapodous adj. Etymology: mod.L tetrapodus f. Gk tetrapous (as TETRA , pous podos foot) …   Useful english dictionary