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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having four feet.
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- adjective Having
four feet ;quadruped
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Examples
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What has been the role of government in this expansion of tolerance for the the four-footed ‘other’?
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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If you look in the dictionary under the word beast there are these words any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
Michealene Cristini Risley: Godwin's The Fear a Brilliant Witness to Mugabe's Continued Massacre of Zimbabweans Michealene Cristini Risley 2011
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"He doesn't turn into a four-footed animal that lives in a pack."
Interview with the Vampire Author Anne Rice Sounds Off on Twilight's Sparkly Vampires 2011
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Twice Michael slashed the other four-footed foe and then pursued him in a circle with Captain Duncan pursuing him in turn.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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God made babies of the two and four-footed kind so adorable to keep us from killing them when they create such havoc.
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Tony lost interest in the horses to begin chasing the smaller, four-footed prey, his clutching hand outstretched in a supplicating gesture.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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If far on the Delhi way around him galvanic they dance it is merely to wear wear from his shaggy body the tranced wish forever to stay only an ambling bear four-footed in berries
Best Canadian Poem? 2009
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If far on the Delhi way around him galvanic they dance it is merely to wear wear from his shaggy body the tranced wish forever to stay only an ambling bear four-footed in berries
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Tony lost interest in the horses to begin chasing the smaller, four-footed prey, his clutching hand outstretched in a supplicating gesture.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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The mare, prancing and whirling again, he held her with a touch of rein and threat of spur, and gazed after the four-footed silk that filled the road with shimmering white.
CHAPTER II 2010
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