tetrapod

Speech parts

1. tetrapod - Noun

2. tetrapod - Adjective

Meaning

An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

animal vertebrate treble tripod quadruped trivet three-legged thrips four-footed tripodal tetrapous tetrapodal tetrapodic tripod-mounted

Hypernyms

craniate

Hyponyms

eagle lion wolf duck bear horse

Phrases with the word

marine tetrapod

Examples

A tetrapod is any member of the taxonomic unit Tetrapoda (which is defined by descent from a specific four-limbed ancestor) whereas a quadruped actually uses four limbs for locomotion. Source: Internet

Its absence in fish and aquatic arthropods is notable, as many have life stations similar to a terrestrial or tetrapod counterpart, or could otherwise make use of the added flexibility. Source: Internet

In most tetrapod species, there are two paired thyroid glands - that is, the right and left lobes are not joined together. Source: Internet

“Now we have evidence of two types of Devonian tetrapod from the other end of Gondwana, on the other side of the South Pole, in the Antarctic Circle,” Dr Robert Gess, one of the leading researchers, told AFP. Source: Internet

Land plants as well as freshwater species, such as our tetrapod ancestors, were relatively unaffected by the Late Devonian extinction event. Source: Internet

Like their amphibious tetrapod predecessors, they had lungs and limbs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tetraploidized tetraploidy tetrapnuemonian tetrapodal tetrapodean tetrapodomorph