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Adjective
/bīˈpedl/,
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(of an animal) Using only two legs for walking,
  1. (of an animal) Using only two legs for walking


  1. having two feet
  2. (bipedalism) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet; "bipedalism made the human form of birth possible"
  3. Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs, or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped , meaning "two feet" (from the Latin bi for "two" and ped for "foot"). ...
  4. (bipedalism) The ability to walk upright on two legs, characteristic of hominids. (p. 9)
  5. (Bipedalism) The process of walking on two legs. This is the single most defining feature of all human ancestry.
  6. (Bipedalism) Walking upright on two feet. Humans are the only habitually bipedal primates.
  7. (Bipedalism) is the condition of having or using only two feet for locomotion^[1]. Throughout the course of evolutionary history, the use of bipedal movement came forward several times as an adaptation, including at what many consider to be an influential point in human evolution. ...
  8. (bipedalism) (in  human muscle system: Muscles of the lower limb)
  9. Describing the ability to walk on the two hind legs rather than all four.
  10. Pertaining to locomotion on only two legs.
  11. moving around primarily on two legs. Humans are bipedal, as were Allosaurs.
  12. standing on two rather than four legs
  13. A creature that primarily walks on two legs.