First Known Use: 1646
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biped
noun bi·ped \ˈbī-ˌped\
: a 2-footed animal
Full Definition of BIPED
: a two-footed animal
— bi·ped·al \(ˌ)bī-ˈpe-dəl\ adjective
— bi·ped·al·ly \-ē\ adverb
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Origin of BIPED
Latin biped-, bipes, from bi- + ped-, pes foot — more at foot
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Rhymes with BIPED
abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed
BIPED Defined for Kids
biped
noun bi·ped \ˈbī-ˌped\
Definition of BIPED for Kids
: a two-footed animal
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biped
noun bi·ped \ˈbī-ˌped\
Medical Definition of BIPED
: a two-footed animal
—biped or bi·ped·al \(ˈ)bī-ˈped-əl\ adjective
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