BIPEDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bipedal mean? 

• BIPEDAL (adjective)
  The adjective BIPEDAL has 1 sense:

1. having two feet

  Familiarity information: BIPEDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIPEDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having two feet

Synonyms:

biped; bipedal; two-footed

Antonym:

quadrupedal (having four feet)

Derivation:

biped (an animal with two feet)

 Context examples 

The forelimbs of these bipedal animals have been modified to form wings.

(Aves, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals comprising recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms.

(Hominid, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)