bipedal

/'baiped/

Thân thiện

A penguin is a bipedal bird that cannot fly.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having two feet: Describes an animal or creature that uses two legs for walking or moving.

Usage

• The word "bipedal" is used to classify animals, including humans, based on their primary mode of locomotion. It is a formal, scientific term often used in biology, zoology, and anthropology.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Humans are bipedal creatures.
  • The discovery of bipedal dinosaur fossils changed our understanding of their evolution.
  • Birds like ostriches are primarily bipedal.

Advanced Usage

• "Obligately bipedal": Refers to a species that walks exclusively on two legs and cannot move effectively in any other way.
  • Humans are obligately bipedal.
• "Facultatively bipedal": Describes a species that can walk on two legs but also commonly uses other forms of locomotion, like using their arms.
  • Some primates, like chimpanzees, are facultatively bipedal.

Variants and Related Words

• Biped (noun): An animal that has two feet.
  • The kangaroo is a biped when it hops.
• Bipedalism (noun): The condition of using two legs for walking.
  • The evolution of bipedalism was a key step in human development.

Synonyms

• Two-footed: Having two feet (a more common, less technical synonym).
• Biped: When used as an adjective in some contexts (e.g., biped locomotion).

Antonyms

• Quadrupedal: Having four feet.
• Multipedal: Having many feet.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having two feet

Từ đồng nghĩa

• biped
• two-footed