as in animal
a 2-footed animal
Human beings are bipeds.
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Recent Examples of biped
The footage shows a large, hairy biped walking across a hillside before squatting in the sagebrush.
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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
My character—an aquatic, half-fish biped known as a kuo-toa—died, but was revived with some special herbs.
—Ed Park, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
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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
My character—an aquatic, half-fish biped known as a kuo-toa—died, but was revived with some special herbs.
—Ed Park, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biped
Noun
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This is Claudia, the only animal not made in a mold.Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Nov. 2024
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Getting to the cream Several animals that live in groups learn from one another, including elephants, whales, and some primates.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The horror-novel-inspiring creatures survive entirely on the blood of their victims.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Complicated Story of Hawai‘i’s Pigs (Hakai Magazine) by Brendan Borrell Hawaiians’ relationships with the islands’ pigs have changed dramatically over the 1,000-plus years since Polynesian people first brought the creatures there.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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The startup's Honey Badger quadruped has now gone through four iterations, and the latest has developed a taste for water.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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The quadruped has some other useful capabilities that put it ahead of small drones.David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Biped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biped. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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