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bipedal::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | biped, two-footed |
| Derivation | biped |
Examples of bipedal
bipedal
In addition, non-human primates often use bipedal locomotion when carrying food.
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The hand-to-mouth eating motion is just as automated as our bipedal loco-motion.
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A few million years ago, give or take a millennium, our ancestors became bipedal.
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Its bipedal nature was revealed with the discovery of the Bernissart skeletons.
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The Geminiraptor suarezarum was bipedal and, like other raptors, had a large head.
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Primates that live in tropical areas often wade through water in a bipedal stance.
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A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations.
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Gender differences in spinal excitability during observation of bipedal locomotion.
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Bipedal movement is less common among mammals, most of which are quadrupedal.
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- Having two feet
- (bipedalism) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet; "bipedalism made the human form of birth possible"
- 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"). ...
- (bipedalism) The ability to walk upright on two legs, characteristic of hominids. (p. 9)
- (Bipedalism) The process of walking on two legs. This is the single most defining feature of all human ancestry.
- (Bipedalism) Walking upright on two feet. Humans are the only habitually bipedal primates.
- (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. ...
- Describing the ability to walk on the two hind legs rather than all four.
- Pertaining to locomotion on only two legs.
