- facultative quadruped
-
Adapted primary for walking on four legs, but able to walk on two legs.See Also: facultative biped, obligate quadruped
Wikipedia foundation.
facultative quadruped
Look at other dictionaries:
facultative biped — noun Adapted primary for walking on two legs, but able to walk on four legs. See Also: facultative quadruped, obligate biped … Wiktionary
obligate quadruped — noun Adapted for walking only on four legs, with no ability to walk on two; for example, the hippopotamus. See Also: facultative quadruped, obligate biped … Wiktionary
Bipedalism — Bipedality redirects here. For the film, see Bipedality (film). An ostrich, one of the fastest of living bipeds … Wikipedia
Unipedalism — The term uniped (from Latin uni = one + ped = foot) refers to a person or creature with only one foot and one leg, as contrasted with a biped (two legs) and a quadruped (four legs). Moving using only one leg is known as unipedal movement. There… … Wikipedia
Running — Runner redirects here. For other uses, see Runner (disambiguation). This article is about the type of locomotion in humans. For running in horses, see Horse gait. For locomotion in dogs, see Gait (dog). For general locomotion, see Gait. For other … Wikipedia
Gait (human) — This article is about the physical exercise. For other uses, see here. Humans using a running gait. Note the suspended phase in which neither foot touches the ground. Human gait is the way locomotion is achieved using human limbs. Different gaits … Wikipedia
Concertina movement — is the movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping or anchoring with portions of the body while pulling/pushing other sections in the direction of movement.[1] Each point on the snake s body goes through… … Wikipedia
Trot (horse gait) — The trot The trot is a two beat diagonal gait of the horse, where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time. There is a moment of suspension between each beat. From the standpoint of the balance of the horse, the trot is a very… … Wikipedia
Digitigrade — A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes. Digitigrades include walking birds (what many assume to be bird knees are actually ankles), cats, dogs, and many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades.… … Wikipedia
Gait (dog) — This is an article on canine gaits, for other meanings see: gait (disambiguation). The gait of a dog is its quality of movement. It is given a great deal of importance in the breed standard of some breeds, of lesser importance in other standards … Wikipedia
