"And pray, friend, what may you call a quadruped?". From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie] Reference
The male monkey makes insulting faces at me, and the quadruped is something of a bully. From Wordnik.com. [Even so, Spring -- quickly come] Reference
It is as if a man told me that a dim survival of the instincts of a quadruped was the reason of my sitting on a chair with four legs. From Wordnik.com. [The New Jerusalem] Reference
'A slow horse is a quadruped which is slow for a horse. '. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
'I should have thought,' said Pleydell, 'that very respectable quadruped which is just now limping out of the room upon three of his four legs was rather of the Cynic school.'. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
= = = Q = = = quadruped: kvarpiedulo. quail: koturno. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
In each of the squares is a fish, bird, or quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
From 'A horse is a quadruped 'it by no means follows that. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
It is a mole-like quadruped, with a large bill like a duck's. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Inference by Complex Conception, e.g. A horse is a quadruped.. '. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Queen to adopt as a prime favorite this hitherto obscure quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
The belief in the existence of a one-horned quadruped is very ancient. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
George had his luck, and obtained a glimpse of the retiring quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
He profited, however, by the incident, and never called a horse a quadruped again. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
At the time of the discovery the Spaniards found very few kinds of quadruped mammals. From Wordnik.com. [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference
Or, shall I deliver myself up, like a bound quadruped, to the will and pleasure of men?. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
When he touched the earth, his wings fell off, and he looked like an ordinary quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
In the quadruped this part is little exposed either to accidental or intentional injuries. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
Were there not found in it curious animals, partly quadruped, partly bird, and partly reptile?. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Another had a long swan-like neck, the body and tail of a quadruped, and paddles like a turtle. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation] Reference
'A slow horse is a slow quadruped '; for even a slow horse is swift compared with most quadrupeds. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
It had been joined by a smaller quadruped; but neither showed any indication yet of coming through. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
The fourth pervaded the whole of England in 1125, and was equally fatal to the biped and the quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
From 'A horse is a quadruped 'it may seem at first sight to follow that 'A swift horse is a swift quadruped.'. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Well for your correspondent had he discovered beforehand the bias of the brute, or suspected he was a quadruped zealot!. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
At last we saw it was a stiff-jointed quadruped with some sort of jumping-jack on top, bouncing up and down at every step. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
The innumerable herds of this quadruped roamed over the plains occupying the eastern third of New Mexico and extending into Texas. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
To ensure success the sagacious quadruped is to be trained to step accidentally on the toes of those persons who ignore its appeal. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914] Reference
As he derives man from a hairy quadruped, the absence of hair on the human body, is a phenomenal fact that gives him great trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
If the quadruped can get into a garden and root up unreplaceable flowers and fruits, before he retires to his lair, his bliss is perfect. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870] Reference
Miriam Nesbit then took a trial ride and no bucking bronco ever exhibited such traits of character as did that battered-looking quadruped. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
He was urging on his sleepy horse, and though it was an easy matter to stop that interesting quadruped, yet it was a very different thing to make him go on again. From Wordnik.com. [The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks] Reference
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