biped Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an animal with two feet
  2. adjective having two feet
    two-footed; bipedal.

WordNet


Bi"ped noun
Etymology
L. bipes; bis twice + pes, pedis, oot: cf. F. bipède.
Definitions
  1. A two-footed animal, as man.
Bi"ped adjective
Definitions
  1. Having two feet; two-footed.
    By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased, Became a helpless, naked, biped beast. Byrom.

Webster 1913