biped
noun
bi·ped
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Definition of biped
: a two-footed animal
Australopithecines were bipeds.
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Other Words from biped
bipedal
\ (ˌ)bī-ˈpe-dᵊl
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adjective
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adjective
bipedally
\ (ˌ)bī-ˈpe-dᵊl-ē
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of biped in a Sentence
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Machines like Cassie the biped or SpotMini the robot dog are quickly mastering locomotion, thanks to line after line of meticulous code. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "The Shape-Shifting Robot That Evolves by Falling Down," 18 May 2018 But Grizzle and his team are constantly tweaking the biped’s algorithms, then testing it all out in the real world ... that’s sometimes on fire. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "The Lab Making Robots Walk Through Fire and Ride Segways," 25 Apr. 2018 Sign up for our daily newsletter and never miss our latest and greatest stories Science Nothing in robotics is as unintentionally hilarious as watching a biped fall. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "How Roboticists Are Copying Nature to Make Fantastical Machines," 28 June 2018 The juxtaposition — robust muscleman and gawky fowl — is a wonderfully sarcastic rebuke to Plato’s description of humans as featherless bipeds. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Out of the shadows and into the light: 'Chiaroscuro Woodcut' is a sleeper hit at LACMA," 5 July 2018 That transition from stable quadruped to confident biped took a long time as new members of the human family tree evolved. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Ancient Toddler Was at Home on the Ground and in the Trees," 5 July 2018 Science Nothing in robotics is as unintentionally hilarious as watching a biped fall. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "The Lab Making Robots Walk Through Fire and Ride Segways," 25 Apr. 2018 Lucy lived over 3 million years ago and her remains helped scientists establish that humans became bipeds, that is, walked upright, much earlier than previously thought. — Daniel R. Taylor, Philly.com, "Medical mystery: The toddler who walked like an old man," 13 Apr. 2018 Only a few characters recur, but these are essentially the same unlucky bipeds, sometimes glimpsed a few decades later. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, "Catching Up With Denis Johnson’s Star-Crossed Drifters," 15 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'biped.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for biped
biped
noun
English Language Learners Definition of biped
: a 2-footed animal
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biped
noun
bi·ped
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Kids Definition of biped
: a two-footed animal
biped
noun
bi·ped
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Medical Definition of biped
: a two-footed animal
Other Words from biped
biped
or bipedal \ (ˈ)bī-ˈped-ᵊl
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adjective
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adjective
bipedally
adverb
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