Definitions for tetrapod
tetrapod
tet·ra·pod
Spelling: [te-truh-pod]
IPA: /ˈtɛ trəˌpɒd/
Tetrapod is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 324 anagrams from letters in tetrapod (adeoprtt).
Definitions for tetrapod
noun
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any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
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an object, as a caltrop, having four projections radiating from one central node, with each forming an angle of 120° with any other, so that no matter how the object is placed on a relatively flat surface, three of the projections will form a supporting tripod and the fourth will point directly upward.
adjective
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having four limbs or descended from four-limbed ancestors.
Origin of tetrapod
1820-30; New Latin tetrapodus Greek tetrapod- (stem of tetrápous) four-footed. (see tetra-, -pod) + New Latin -us
Examples for tetrapod
Contributions to the question of the origin of the tetrapod limb.
tetrapod, tet′ra-pod, n. an insect distinguished by having but four perfect legs.