tetrapod
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trəˌpɒd noun
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 any other, so that no matter how the object is placed on a relatively flat surface, three of the projections will form a supporting tripod and the fourth will point directly upward.
adjective
3.
having four limbs or descended from four-limbed ancestors.
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| 1. | any vertebrate that has four limbs |
| 2. | Also called: caltrop a device consisting of four arms radiating from a central point, each at about 109° to the others, so that regardless of its position on a surface, three arms form a supporting tripod and the fourth is vertical |
| 3. | engineering a very large cast concrete structure of a similar shape piled in large numbers round breakwaters and sea defence systems to dissipate the energy of the waves |
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Example sentences
After all, my general philosophy is that there's no such thing as a boring tetrapod.
Rather, the tetrapod's spine had limited up-and-down movement.
Fish fin drag marks and fish skeletal material are preserved with tetrapod swim tracks.
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