tetrapod
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɒd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌpɑd/
- Hyphenation: te‧tra‧pod
Noun
[edit]tetrapod (plural tetrapods)
- Any vertebrate with four limbs.
- Any vertebrate (such as birds or snakes) that has evolved from early tetrapods; especially any member of the superclass Tetrapoda
- A concrete structure with arms, used to arrest wave energy along the shore in sea defence projects.
Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any vertebrate with four limbs — see quadruped
member of superclass Tetrapoda
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concrete structure
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Adjective
[edit]tetrapod (not comparable)
- Having four limbs or feet
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having four limbs or feet
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See also
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tétrapode.
Adjective
[edit]tetrapod m or n (feminine singular tetrapodă, masculine plural tetrapozi, feminine and neuter plural tetrapode)
Declension
[edit]Declension of tetrapod
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | tetrapod | tetrapodă | tetrapozi | tetrapode | ||
definite | tetrapodul | tetrapoda | tetrapozii | tetrapodele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | tetrapod | tetrapode | tetrapozi | tetrapode | ||
definite | tetrapodului | tetrapodei | tetrapozilor | tetrapodelor |
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- English terms prefixed with tetra-
- English terms suffixed with -pod
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Vertebrates
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian adjectives