Dictionary of Biological Psychology
A four-legged animal—that is, one that has its spinal column more or less parallel to the ground and engages in LOCOMOTION with all four feet (hooves, paws or whatever they might be) on the ground. Humans and many primates are BIPEDS: only two feet are used for locomotion.
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