as in animals
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an animal that has four feet
Horses and cows are quadrupeds.
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Recent Examples of quadrupeds
Inside Purdue’s robotics testbed Much of the development will take place inside Purdue’s Hicks Robotics and Autonomy Testbed, a 13,000+ square-foot facility equipped with humanoid robots, quadrupeds, aerial drones, and advanced sensor platforms.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
The exploit impacts Unitree’s Go2 and B2 quadrupeds and G1 and H1 humanoids.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
The exploit impacts Unitree’s Go2 and B2 quadrupeds and G1 and H1 humanoids.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrupeds
animals
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If our protections only work when animals stay still, then the most wide-ranging species will always be left exposed.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Native hollies also provide habitat and shelter for birds and other small animals.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Quadrupeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrupeds. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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