different between quadruped vs parasaurolophus

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

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See also

  • biped
  • Tetrapoda

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parasaurolophus

English

Etymology

From the New Latin genus Parasaurolophus; see there for more.

Noun

parasaurolophus (plural parasaurolophuses)

  1. Parasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.

Related terms

  • Parasaurolophus walkeri
  • Parasaurolophus tubicen
  • Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus

Translations

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