tetrapod
pronunciation
How to pronounce tetrapod in British English:
UK ['tetrəpɒd]
How to pronounce tetrapod in American English:
US ['tetrəˌpɒd]
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- Noun:
- a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
Word Origin
- tetrapod (n.)
- "four-footed animal, quadruped," 1826, from Modern Latin tetrapodus, from Greek tetrapous "four-footed," as a noun, "four-footed animal," from tetra- (see tetra-) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot n.)).
Example
- 1. The synthesis of tetrapod zinc oxide whiskers with different zinc content and optical property .
- 2. These discoveries have expanded almost exponentially our understanding of this critical chapter in the history of life on earth-and turned old notions about early tetrapod evolution , diversity , biogeography and paleoecology on their heads .