Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- On two feet: as, the Mexican iguanoid lizard also runs bipedally.
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- adverb In the manner of an animal that
walks ontwo feet , twolegs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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How about it walks like a person, or a human, or bipedally.
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It is built like a boxer, with immense upper body strength … It was a gorgeous colour, moving bipedally and trying to avoid being seen.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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How about it walks like a person, or a human, or bipedally.
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Dr. WILLIAM JUNGERS (Anthropologist, Stony Brook University): When animals walk bipedally other primates it is often in the context of carrying, whether they are carrying food items, stones.
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Dr. WILLIAM JUNGERS (Anthropologist, Stony Brook University): When animals walk bipedally other primates it is often in the context of carrying, whether they are carrying food items, stones.
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Analysis of the bones shows that the Dmanisi hominids definitely walked bipedally and upright.
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Analysis of the bones shows that the Dmanisi hominids definitely walked bipedally and upright.
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She began to cross the pool walking bipedally, but after her first steps the water quickly became waist deep and she returned to the pool edge.
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She began to cross the pool walking bipedally, but after her first steps the water quickly became waist deep and she returned to the pool edge.
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Leah then re-entered again bipedally and grabbed the straight branch in front of her with her right hand.
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