Meaning & use
bipedal
Using two legs for walking or standing, rather than four.
See it in a sentence
Humans are bipedal, which frees their hands for carrying and using tools.
Scientists study fossils to determine when early hominids became fully bipedal.
A note on using this word
Common in biology and anthropology when contrasting human or dinosaur movement with four-legged animals.
Words with a similar meaning
two-legged
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Words with an opposite meaning
quadrupedal
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