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biped

[ bahy-ped ]

noun

  1. a two-footed animal.


adjective

  1. having two feet.

biped

/ ˈɪɛ /

noun

  1. any animal with two feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having two feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

biped

/ īĕ′ /

  1. An animal having two feet, such as a bird or human.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of biped1

1640–50; < Latin biped- (stem of ŧ ) two-footed. See bi- 1, -ped
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And before you ask, the movie offers no explanation why a bionic biped would bother shape-shifting into another bionic biped.

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Pelletier says Board & Vellum has been doing quite a few dual lawns — a traditional one for the bipeds and an artificial one for the dogs, which keeps maintenance easy.

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H. erectus—the likely ancestor to the lineage that led to our own species, H. sapiens—would have peered across its territory and seen two other bipeds from two different genera, Australopithecus and Paranthropus.

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Thousands of years before its use by bipeds, the path was tamped down by what historians believe to be bison headed to the salt licks around Nashville.

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