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quadruped

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrup?s (four-footed, a four-footed animal), from quadri- (four-) + stem of pes (foot). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- +? -ped.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kw?d??p?d/

Noun

quadruped (plural quadrupeds)

  1. a four-footed or four-legged animal
  2. a mammal ambulating on all fours

Synonyms

  • tetrapod

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • biped
  • Tetrapoda

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paddywhack

English

Alternative forms

  • paddy-whack (and sometimes capitalized)

Etymology

Corruption of paxwax. In the sense of a blow, especially in reference to the folk song This Old Man.

Noun

paddywhack (plural paddywhacks)

  1. (dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
  2. (dated) A blow; a slap.
  3. A strong elastic ligament or tendon in the midline of the neck of sheep or cattle (generally any quadruped) which relieves the animal of the weight of its head.

See also

  • ligamentum nuchae

Verb

paddywhack (third-person singular simple present paddywhacks, present participle paddywhacking, simple past and past participle paddywhacked)

  1. (dated, transitive) To slap.

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