Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having two feet; two-footed.
- adjective Walking on two feet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a biped; having or walking upon two feet.
- Measuring two feet in length.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two feet; biped.
- adjective Pertaining to a biped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
two feet or twolegs ; biped. - adjective Pertaining to a
biped .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having two feet
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Examples
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The transformation to bipedal is definitely a landmark evolutionary moment.
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In most cases, the Chupacabras of Puerto Rico are described as bipedal creatures with large eyes, vicious claws and teeth, hairless monkey-like bodies, row of spikes running down the backs of their heads and necks - punk-rock Mohawk-style - and even, occasionally, sporting membranous bat-like wings.
Mania News Feed 2010
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Among life's infinite catalog of problems (don't even get me started on that little bitch called bipedal movement) is this issue of having to actually talk to your potential mates.
Daily Vanguard RSS 2009
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The recent paleontological evidence concerning similar forms of "bipedal" and cranial forms indicates as such.
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And don't even get me started on tasks such as bipedal walking or running, special effects movies aside.
Artificial Intelligence Stephen D. Covey 2008
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At that point, the researchers believe, the supersizing of the big toe - crucial to the rise of humans as upright or "bipedal" creatures - also began to genetically influence the structure of its corresponding digit on the forelimb: the thumb.
Dose.ca Music briefs 2010
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At that point, the researchers believe, the supersizing of the big toe - crucial to the rise of humans as upright or "bipedal" creatures - also began to genetically influence the structure of its corresponding digit on the forelimb: the thumb.
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Even if we start with bipedal robots walking on mars (a luxury the spanish didn't have when exploring america) the goal is still to go live there and use resources there and create things there and share things between here and there, and find n+1 from there. they did what???
Candid Comments on the Constellation Program - NASA Watch 2009
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We know of hundreds of species of dinosaurs, some very small, some very large, some even bipedal.
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As Gould takes pains to show (using mostly fossil evidence) vertebrates have always been a very "unlikely" group, and fully bipedal primates are among the most unlikely of all.
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