as in animal
a 2-footed animal
Human beings are bipeds.
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Recent Examples of biped
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds.
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The project from the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence group at the Italian Institute of Technology (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has taken a child-like biped designed for AI research – the iCub – and aims to get it off the ground using jet power.
—Paul Ridden
june 24, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
Our biped brings back our hydraulic design with custom liquid valves for a silent android.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
All that really leaves are the special effects, which are made-for-Imax fine, though this modern rendition of Kong as a very human-ish biped has never looked quite right, a flaw that’s only multiplied.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The project from the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence group at the Italian Institute of Technology (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has taken a child-like biped designed for AI research – the iCub – and aims to get it off the ground using jet power.
—Paul Ridden
june 24, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
Our biped brings back our hydraulic design with custom liquid valves for a silent android.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
All that really leaves are the special effects, which are made-for-Imax fine, though this modern rendition of Kong as a very human-ish biped has never looked quite right, a flaw that’s only multiplied.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biped
Noun
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Johnson said that the animal caused extensive damage to his home, costing tens of thousands of dollars.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Deputies arrested Sargent on Thursday on two felony animal-cruelty counts and one misdemeanor count.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Not to mention the titular bugs, a swarm of blood-invading creatures discovered by her new lover, the mysterious drifter Peter Evans (Namir Smallwood).—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The new video is a clear signal of where Pudu believes industrial quadruped robots are headed.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
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The final event of the DARPA Triage Challenge will take place in November, and Team Chiron from Carnegie Mellon University will be competing, using a squad of quadruped robots and drones.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Biped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biped. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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