biped
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When anthropologists uncovered five of its fossilized footprints nearly 50 years ago, they couldn’t say whether this ancient biped was a hominin, a bear, or some other ape.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 1, 2021
The end-result is that the bot can not only hop and walk but skateboard and slackline, skills that are beyond the remit of this particular biped.
From The Verge • Oct. 12, 2021
“That’s the end of paradise,” he said, “And the beginning of biped world.”
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021
Our brains evolved in two ways that were handy for a weak biped avoiding predators on the savannah, but not so much for a contemporary human dealing with narcissistic abuse.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2017
“I was telling the boy that according to Plato, man is delined,” he said, smiling affably and gesturing to the cart, “as a featherless biped with broad nails, receptive of political philosophy.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing biped
Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Paleontology: Dinosaurs - Introductory
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Animals (Zoology) - Middle School
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