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BIPED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An animal with two feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("biped" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Meronyms (parts of "biped"):

animal leg (the leg of an animal)

Derivation:

biped; bipedal (having two feet)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having two feet

Synonyms:

biped; bipedal; two-footed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

quadruped (having four feet)

Derivation:

biped (an animal with two feet)

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