tetrapod

English

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ -pod.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɑd/
• Hyphenation: te‧tra‧pod

Noun

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tetrapod

Wikipedia

tetrapod (plural tetrapods)

1. Any vertebrate with four limbs.
2. Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods; especially any member of the superclass Tetrapoda
3. A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.

Hypernyms

• stegocephalian

Hyponyms

• batrachomorph
• reptiliomorph

Translations

any vertebrate with four limbs — see quadruped

member of superclass Tetrapoda

Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi), tetrapodi Korean: 네발동물 (nebaldongmul) Polish: czworonóg (pl) m Swedish: landryggradsdjur (sv) n

concrete structure

Bulgarian: тетрапод (tetrapod) Chinese: Hokkien: 肉粽角 (zh-min-nan) (bah-chàng-kak) Mandarin: 消波塊 / 消波块 (xiāobōkuài) Finnish: tetrapodi Japanese: 消波ブロック (shōha burokku) Portuguese: pé de galinha m, tetrápode (pt) m

Adjective

tetrapod (not comparable)

1. Having four limbs or feet

Synonyms

• four-footed
• tetrapodal
• tetrapodic
• tetrapous

Translations

having four limbs or feet

Bulgarian: четирикрак (četirikrak) Finnish: nelijalkainen (fi) French: tétrapode (fr) Polish: czworonożny (pl) Russian: четвероно́гий (ru) (četveronógij)

See also

• quadruped

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tétrapode.

Adjective

tetrapod m or n (feminine singular tetrapodă, masculine plural tetrapozi, feminine and neuter plural tetrapode)

1. tetrapod

Declension

Declension of tetrapod

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tetrapod		tetrapodă		tetrapozi	tetrapode
	definite	tetrapodul		tetrapoda		tetrapozii	tetrapodele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tetrapod		tetrapode		tetrapozi	tetrapode
	definite	tetrapodului		tetrapodei		tetrapozilor	tetrapodelor