| 单词 | quadruped |
| 例句 | The sheep were fun while they lasted, and it is doubtful if any pair of quadrupeds ever had been sheared so often by so many. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The quadruped walk involves alternating and angling arms and feet with each step, a process that becomes more natural with practice. Go ape: Find your inner primate in 4 easy steps 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z My version of vegan ice cream involves processing grass through a large quadruped resulting in cream. Vegan Ice Cream Enters a Golden Age 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z I was studying our transition from being on all fours like a quadruped in the past to being on two legs like we are now. Simone Forti’s Experiments Transcribing Bodies in Motion 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z As one of his recurring setups, he visually converted humans into quadrupeds by putting shoes on hands as well as feet. Jimmy DeSana, Downtown Pioneer and Provocateur, Goes Mainstream 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z But things turn messy — and unquotable, given the eventual expletives — once Martin reveals that his beloved is not a person but a quadruped. Adultery With a Difference on the London Stage 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Suited up in black spandex and gloves with bits of fur, Henry wore arm extenders and stilts, depending on whether Cokey was on four legs or two, that enabled him to move like a quadruped. In the Wild Tale of ‘Cocaine Bear,’ an Apex Predator Is the True Star 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Carnegie: "The hugest quadruped that ever walked the Earth, a namesake of mine." Independence Day fossil: Dippy the star-spangled dinosaur 2013-07-04T14:28:00Z Four of the show’s six paintings represent composite figures with the bodies of quadrupeds awkwardly conjoined to human torsos. Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The dearly departed quadruped was so much more than just a cute horse—he was the town’s mascot, an icon, a symbol of all that is pure and good and soooo cuuuuuute. These Are the 25 Best Minor Characters on 'Parks and Recreation' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z When they did arrive — snakes, humans, birds, a quadruped — you wished there were more. A confusing but striking ‘Firebird’ comes to life at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But then, all too soon, the quadrupeds, birds and reptiles are shooed out of the house of “serious novels” and corralled apart in genre fiction. Review | Perumal Murugan said his career as a novelist was dead. Lucky for us, he was wrong. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Ghost Robotics, a Philadelphia-based robotics firm that manufactures the Vision 60, a quadruped robot marketed towards military and homeland security use, among other applications, also did not reply to an email requesting usage data. Robot police dogs are on patrol, but who’s holding the leash? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z From their footprints we know that some sauropods walked with their legs near the midline like most quadrupeds; others held their legs farther out, like 50-foot-long French bulldogs. How Sauropod Dinosaurs Became the Biggest Land Animals Again and Again 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Of course, people knew from everyday observations that these quadrupeds can turn in the air. Why Do Cats Land on Their Feet? Physics Explains 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Boston Dynamics' doglike quadruped Spot is ideally suited to rough terrains, such as bombed-out buildings - but a robot designed to, say, work in a kitchen work may need no legs at all. Tesla's Optimus and the problem with humanoids 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Figure 24.5 Shown are the planes of a quadruped goat and a bipedal human. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Pan and a team of researchers from China, Hong Kong, and the United States developed an experimental quadruped robot to encourage social distancing among pedestrians during the pandemic. Robot police dogs are on patrol, but who’s holding the leash? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The company foresees a “future of next-generation mobile robots beyond quadrupeds, including human enhancement systems, manipulation systems, and futuristic hybrid mobility platforms,” according to its website. Robot dogs seeking new homes in U.S. military and security agencies 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “Four Directions” is a sort of quadruped, with each of its feet planted in a different orientation. Review | In the galleries: Dynamic abstract sculptural works in wood show disparate styles 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z It also unveiled a 'CyberDog' four-legged robot, which it described as its "first foray into quadruped robotics for the open source community and developers worldwide." China tech giant Xiaomi aims at global smartphone top spot 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The company says it hopes these first users will “propel the development and potential of quadruped robots” and is pricing the robot to sell. CyberDog is a new ominous-looking robot from Xiaomi 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Even the mountains, trees and weather phenomena in Centaurworld look like quadrupeds with hooves. Netflix's quirky new cartoon comes from a surprising source: show choir 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Robotic quadrupeds similar to Spot built by rival firm Ghost Robotics are currently being tested by the US Air Force as replacements for stationary surveillance cameras. The French army is testing Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot in combat scenarios 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z It helps illuminate a shadowy but fascinating evolutionary story — the slow transformation of small, quick, two-legged hunters into immense, unhurried quadrupeds who ate only plants. We’ve Rarely Seen a Dinosaur Brain Like This Before 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The 70-pound quadruped can climb stairs and fit into tight spots that a wheeled platform could not reach. Ford unleashes robot dogs to update factory 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Except those older beasts very evidently were quadrupeds - they did walk on all fours. An ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich' 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z All of these elements are on top of Dong’s decision to center a realistic horse in a show set in a world of quadrupeds. Netflix's quirky new cartoon comes from a surprising source: show choir 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Robot maker Boston Dynamics announced on Thursday that its quadruped Spot robot is already in use at one Boston hospital to help with coronavirus treatment. Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is helping hospitals remotely treat coronavirus patients 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “It’s really that physical principle that’s all-important, from everything we’ve done — devices, quadrupeds, bipeds, artificial limbs. That comes through every time.” How Fast Can a Human Run? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z “Even the clearest examples could be quadrupeds,” he adds, remarking on the horizontal depiction of these figures. Is This Indonesian Cave Painting the Earliest Portrayal of a Mythical Story? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Unlike some other quadruped robots, such as Boston Dynamics' Spot, the Mini Cheetah likely won't be available for sale. MIT's 'virtually indestructible' Cheetah robots can now play soccer 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z But shoes also were nicknamed hock-dockers, after hock, “the joint in a quadruped’s hind leg”, and clod-hoppers, because people hop over earthen clods. 'Is that bum trap missing a flesh-bag?': a guide to Australia’s convict slang 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Packed with technical details about Herschel’s new telescope, they combine descriptions of lunar terrain with supposed sightings of “brown quadrupeds” and winged humanoids. Moon on the mind: two millennia of lunar literature 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z But the best option would be more legs, so that we could have one or two of them on the ground most of the time, like a quadruped. How Fast Can a Human Run? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Felids and ungulates are quadrupeds with a different center of mass than theropods who walked on two legs. Run Like a Dinosaur 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z MIT's quadruped is just the latest robot able to perform the stunt. MIT's creepy 'Cheetah' robot can now do backflips 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z He has a taxidermy diploma on the wall but taught himself most of what he knows about mounting trophy fish, birds and quadrupeds. Long-time taxidermist brings hunting memories to life 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z More majestically, the quadrupeds, inescapably connected to what sustains them, embodied their gratitude. In 'Doggie Hamlet,' a cast of canines, sheep and, yes, humans — ay, there's the rub 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Last month, a minor vote in parliament on animal welfare sparked a wildfire of controversy, prompting grovelling Tory pledges to ever more be kind to quadrupeds. You can log off, sure. But you can’t stop the outrage economy | Rafael Behr 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z In modern times, protests by animal-rights campaigners reach an annual crescendo as quadrupeds are hauled on for display in live Nativity scenes. How important are animals to the Nativity? 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z In five cases, female monkeys mounted the same quadruped partner three or more times in a 10-minute period and made the same calls heard when monkeys mate with each other. Female Monkeys Seen Having 'Sexual Interactions' With Deer 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z But because we’re able to lose heat much more efficiently than a quadruped, we became more effective hunters over longer distances. We Evolved to Run—But We're Doing It All Wrong 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Nonsense, Thoreau declared: forests are “regularly planted each year by various quadrupeds and birds”. Natural history: Thoreau's debt to Darwin : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Europeans were to abandon eating meat from “quadrupeds”—sheep, goats, and other four-legged animals on these days. How an ancient pope helped make chickens fat 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “It seems to me almost certain that an ordinary hoofed quadruped might be converted into a giraffe,” Darwin wrote, echoing Lamarck. How the Giraffe Got Its Neck 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z In one of the first scenes of the premiere, Richard accidentally strikes a quadruped Stanford robot as it gallivants across the street in a tip to Google-owned robotics company Boston Dynamics. Silicon Valley season 3 channels the story of Steve Jobs 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z At first, Goebbels wasn't sure where to use the quadrupeds in the four-scene work for tenor, soprano, spoken voice, chorus and dancers. German director Heiner Goebbels uses 100 sheep in his production of Louis Andriessen's "De Materie (Matter)," which opened at the Park Avenue Armory's 55,000-square foot Drill Hall in New York City on Tuesday night 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z At first, Goebbels wasn’t sure where to use the quadrupeds in the four-scene work for tenor, soprano, spoken voice, chorus and dancers. Andriessen’s ‘De Materie’ grazes into Park Avenue Armory 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Ultimately the team believes quadruped robots operating in real-world applications will need to manipulate objects at some point. HyQ2Max: the robot you can't keep down 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z First, no other quadrupeds underwent such a conversion: the giraffe remained the lankiest thing around. How the Giraffe Got Its Neck 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Whether they’re fluffy, scaly or spiny, mighty or meek, quadruped, winged or finny, this year again the surprising world of animals doesn’t disappoint. 50 Amazing Animal Photos of 2015 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z He then left Google officially in November 2014 after overseeing the company's secretive acquisition of numerous high-profile robotics startups, including quadruped robot designer Boston Dynamics. Android co-founder Andy Rubin may want to start a new smartphone company 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z But some took to occasionally resting or running on all fours for greater stability and over time evolved into quadrupeds. Did Dinosaurs Walk on Their Fingertips at One Point? 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z It was not aquatic and not a quadruped, instead prowling on two legs in the warm equatorial region that North Carolina was at the time. Big ancient land-dwelling croc inspired 'abject terror' 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The water agency quadruped the size of its response unit, sending more staff to crack down on residential water waste. Amid drought, mayor directs L.A. to cut water use 20% by 2017 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The Menu: "Large fat meaty quadrupeds of the bovine type, with large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost be ingratiating smiles." The top 10 restaurants and bars in modern literature 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z He grunts and howls before springing from his chair and breaking into a quadruped run. Movement pro transforms actors into apes on film 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z A law in Louisiana specifically allows private-property owners to hunt “outlaw quadrupeds”, such as coyotes, hogs and armadillos, at night. Rural pursuits: Death by dehogaflier 2013-11-28T15:58:37Z Specifically, the researchers checked how the legs of ostensibly moving quadrupeds hit the ground, to see if these depictions matched actual animal locomotion. Cave Artists Had Leg Up On Moderns 2012-12-07T21:15:04.267Z From its extensively studied skeletal fossils, "It was considered to be kind of a slow, cautious quadruped in the trees," Ryan says. Inner Ears Reveal Speed of Early Primates 2012-06-22T20:44:28Z This was, indeed, a prodigious pot that could boil four-and-twenty quadrupeds of the sort, for Ireland was always famous for its large pigs and beeves. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z I said very little; only what I have tried to inculcate in these pages—that humanity to quadrupeds is not only a duty which we owe to their Creator, but will in time repay ourselves. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Latham, who first described this bird, says, "it makes its nest on the extreme pendent branches of low trees or shrubs, and by this means escapes the plunder of smaller quadrupeds." Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:27.027Z Have you ever considered the eyes of a half-grown pig, as something apart from the glistening, inquisitive, joyful, and highly entertaining quadruped that a young pig happens invariably to be? Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z It was to no purpose, for the quadruped, with muffled claws, was no match for her four-handed foe. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z From a bare record of facts contemplate we now our planet as it must have been when inhabited by the monstrous birds and reptiles and quadrupeds which preceded the advent of man. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He had been compared to every monster and beast, from that of the Revelations to the most insignificant quadruped. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Here a single head is fitted to several bodies; there upon a single body there are several heads; now a quadruped has a serpent's tail, and now a quadruped's head figures upon a fish's body. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z He exhibited in the principal towns quantities of gold dust, many quadrupeds, and gaily-coloured birds, then unknown in Europe, with numerous specimens of natural productions in the vegetable and mineral kingdoms. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z In answer to her question, the small quadruped came nearer still, and very very gently laid himself down at her feet. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The first bone traces of human beings range back to an epoch posterior to the monstrous quadrupeds entombed in the diluvium. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The longevity of birds is various, and, unlike the case of men and quadrupeds, seems to bear little proportion to the age at which they acquire maturity. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z On running the car into the yard he found the coachman, Mr Windebank, a sadly diminished luminary in these days, putting a polish upon an unappreciative quadruped. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The tiger merely removed the feathers from the skin of the dead fowl; the viscera of the living quadruped follow the thrust of the bull's horn. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The Tertiary age, or age of Mammals, when the mammalia, or quadrupeds, abounded, and were the dominant race. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Fowls readily eat both fish and flesh meat, and have no reluctance to feeding even on their own kind, picking much more faithfully than quadrupeds. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z This god, as you may probably know, is represented by almost every kind of animal, biped and quadruped, into which during the lapse of centuries his soul is supposed to have passed. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z Nor is flexibility of bird-type only manifested by the examples wherein a bird acquires characteristics of quadrupeds and other walking animals. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A carnivorous quadruped of the genus ÿMeles or of an allied genus. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Birds, as well as quadrupeds, may be divided into two great classes, according to their food: the Carnivorous and the Graminivorous. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The quadruped, indeed, was executing his solo for their amusement, though hardly for their benefit. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Among birds, the emeu, the cassowary, and the apteryx are species rapidly vanishing; amongst quadrupeds, the kangaroo—the platypus: others slowly, but not less surely. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The muscles therefore which perform these functions in other quadrupeds are absent or rudimentary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z He yoked into his chariots the twice-slain horses, and mounted his men on others of these re-revivified quadrupeds, and galloped after the flying robbers. The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z This downy coat fulfils the same office as the soft, woolly fur of many quadrupeds; the ordinary feathers being analogous to the long, smooth hair by which the fur of these animals is concealed. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z In man, and the greater number of quadrupeds, this organ is guarded by an upper and a lower lid, both of which in man are fringed with lashes. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z On being offered a lift he mounted gladly, thankful to curtail his disagreeable tramp, and reassured by the sight of a single and confidential-looking quadruped. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z They could not of course be displaced by, or consort with, the quadrupeds of less considerable riders. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z See what comes to an innocent quadruped for having to do with human beings. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z Their native jungle—tall, dense, sometimes impervious, swarming with reptile, quadruped, and even insect, enemies—would be a most dangerous habitation for a little tender thing that could merely run and squall. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z This is not the case in most quadrupeds. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He was particularly skilled in drawing birds and quadrupeds, of which he composed pictures for private ornament, as we gather from Soprani in his life of Sinibaldo Scorza. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z The necessary expense of racing suggests the usefulness, as in an earlier chapter was seen, of the sporting plutocrat to the Turf, and hence to the national quadruped generally. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z No traces of quadrupeds, excepting an Indian dog, were noticed. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The transition from one angel to two, and from two angels to two quadrupeds is very natural. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z But no natural timber, no belts of grove, no thick undergrowth; nothing that might afford shelter for skulking outlaws, or stolen quadrupeds. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z He, justly malcontent with quadrupeds, dissected apes, as coming nearer to man: and bled like a Trojan. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z We saw some cats, and these three sorts of quadrupeds were the only animals we saw on the island.' The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z We observed no quadrupeds; but, of the feathered tribe, we found woodpeckers, kingfishers, and woodcocks, and in the sheltered nooks several humming-birds were darting about the flowery underwood of berberis, fuchsia, and arbutus. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The true distinction is that human figures and angels, when employed to support the shield, are called tenans, while quadrupeds, fishes, or birds engaged in the same duty are styled supports. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z It lies within the harbour of St. John’s, and takes its name from some fancied resemblance to that most destructive little quadruped, a rat. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z They brought back some birds, and a quadruped which was new to me. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The place sits on you, broods on you, stamps on you with the feet of its myriad bipeds and quadrupeds. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Geese, wild ducks and teal, snipe, and now and then woodcocks, were to be found by taking a short walk; there were, however, no quadrupeds fit for food which we could take. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Its favorite food is berries of various kinds; but, when these are not to be procured, it lives upon roots, insects, fish, eggs, and such birds and quadrupeds as it can surprise. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Urocyon, ū-ros′i-on, n. a genus of canine quadrupeds, the type of which is the common gray fox of the United States. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z When the whites arrived in America numerous Indian tribes subsisted on it; quadrupeds, birds, nay, even fish, are fond of it. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Ratel, rā′tel, n. a genus of quadrupeds of the bear family, nearly allied to the gluttons, and very like the badgers. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Of quadrupeds, excepting otters and dogs, I saw no traces, nor do I think any were to be found. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The Jackaroo is neither a crow nor a parrot nor any kind of quadruped. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The word “animal” is defined as meaning “any domestic animal” of whatever kind or species, and whether a quadruped or not. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z It was short creeping, and then the pins were out and the string of stolen quadrupeds was once more in motion. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Even more strange than the trials of oxen, pigs, etc., for offences against mankind, were the legal proceedings often taken in the middle ages against noxious insects and the smaller quadrupeds, such as rats. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z We saw very few birds, and no quadrupeds. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Elephant, el′e-fant, n. the largest quadruped, having a very thick skin, a trunk, and two ivory tusks: a special size of paper.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In the streets they are the meekest of quadrupeds, and as quiet as lambs. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z They were not the worn-out animals which had travelled so fast and so far, for Crockett had made the rangers give up as many quadrupeds as were necessary for the wounded men and the money-packs. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z The quadrupeds too, whose cries and lowings during the storm had already testified to their misery, were found to have suffered severely. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Besides the guanacoes, and fox, above-mentioned, we saw no quadrupeds, although two or three sorts of cavia and the puma are common in this neighbourhood. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Kinkajou, kin′ka-jōō, n. a South American quadruped allied to the raccoon. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z There are many kinds of quadrupeds: wolves, foxes, snow-leopards, wild goats, martens, sables, ermines, and all the innumerable members of the feline race. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z So were the quadrupeds, and not one of them was at all disturbed in his mind when two men who might belong to the same army slipped silently in among them. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Although feeding chiefly on roots, fruits and grain, it is also to some extent carnivorous, attacking and eating small quadrupeds, lizards and birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z We wandered about to examine the country; but, excepting the track of some quadruped, whose foot was small and cloven, rather like a pig's, we saw nothing new. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Jerboa, jėr-bō′a, n. a genus of small rodent quadrupeds, remarkable for the length of their hind-legs and their power of jumping. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z But I must finish my tale of the quadruped Punch, who was called upon in the dead of night by five dogs of the neighbourhood and torn to pieces by them. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z The chief received as his portion one of the quadrupeds. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The terms the quadruped seems to be on with the small biped, are those of the most easy and intimate friendship. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Pablito pursued his way in a serious mood, also busy with his skittish quadruped. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Forefoot, fōr′foot, n. one of the anterior feet of a quadruped. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Gold shingle and sand have been accumulated in many districts, by the same causes which produced our local drifts, in which the bones of the mammoth, the rhinoceros, and other extinct quadrupeds occur. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Among his other exploits was a demonstration that a chain, in which no link is missing, connects the horse with a small, extinct quadruped possessed of comparatively few equine peculiarities. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z That his wants are greater, even in the rudest state of the species, than the wants of any quadruped—to say nothing of animals lower in the scale of being—there can be no doubt. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z She and Forbes met and stared like quadrupeds, and the horse rolled over on his belly and stared too. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Foreleg, fōr′leg, n. one of the front legs of a quadruped, chair, &c. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In quadrupeds, this region of the pectorals is narrowed. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Its food is usually smaller birds and quadrupeds such as hares, rabbits, etc., but it does not hesitate to carry off young lambs or sometimes to destroy sickly sheep. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Not one insect or quadruped, however wonderful may be its approaches to rationality, has the least idea of making a formal exchange with another. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z If ever there was a demon sheep in existence, surely this was the identical quadruped. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Glutton, glut′n, n. one who eats to excess: a popular name of the wolverine, a carnivorous quadruped of the weasel family.—v.i. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z They are, however, less oblique than in the human being; what proves this is that the first rib in man is oblique, while in quadrupeds it is vertical. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z To hear it is to die, Like quadrupeds within the sea, or fish on flowers that lie! The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z His initiatory lessons had been taken that summer, with his father standing over him to keep the refractory in order, whether biped or quadruped. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z His first thought was that it was a rat, but he soon felt by the way it moved that it was no quadruped, but a reptile, no rat, but a snake! The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Mink, mingk, n. a small quadruped of the weasel kind, valued for its fur. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The surfaces of the scapula are, in quadrupeds, flatter than in the human being, and in particular the subscapular fossa, which is also less concave. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z When they have attained maturity, the parent dies and shrivels, and the young ones begin to eliminate their nourishment from the juices of the quadruped which they infest. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Nothing was being done on the farm but what common care for the living, biped and quadruped, rendered necessary. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z They were so quick, so lively, and had such hideous high voices, which they were always using, not keeping them for special occasions like any self-respecting quadruped. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The tall quadruped, full seventeen feet in height, its rich, dark, chestnut-pied coat gleaming warmly beneath the flush of sunset, stood for a full minute absolutely motionless, as these animals will do. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Some authors attribute this to the lesser curvature of the ribs in quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Their five-centimeter-thick quadruped was able to crawl and undulate its way through a space just two centimeters high. Shape Shifting Robot Shows Some Spine [Video] 2011-11-30T18:15:05.230Z In two the figures are human headed, and combined with the body of a quadruped. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z This change is, in fact, but an extension of the law which clothes several of the quadrupeds with a dusky or a snowy fur in accordance with the season. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z For example, the Greeks and Arabians confined themselves to the dissection of apes and other quadrupeds. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The Humerus.—The bone of the arm is, in quadrupeds, inclined from above downwards and from before backwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The elephant is the largest of the quadrupeds; his height is from eight to fourteen feet; his length is ten to fifteen feet. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z One of the most important rules in the administration of the forest is the absolute exclusion of domestic quadrupeds from every wood which is not destined to be cleared. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z It lays two or sometimes three eggs, and feeds its young, which are very voracious, on birds and the smaller quadrupeds. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z They look more like poodles than any other living quadrupeds. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The humerus in quadrupeds is inflected like the letter S; in man this general form is less accentuated, the humerus being almost straight. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z I never saw a Turk ill use the useful, gentle, amiable quadruped. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z We have seen, in a former chapter, that, in the United States, the domestic quadrupeds amount to more than a hundred millions, or three times the number of the human population of the Union. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Predatory birds, feeding on fish, insects, and even reptiles, birds, and small quadrupeds. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Because no quadrupeds or large rivers were seen, Cabral thought he had discovered an island and named it the "Island of the True Cross." The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z This difference of direction is correlated with the position of the scapula, the glenoid cavity of which, as we have already seen, is in man turned outwards, whereas in quadrupeds it looks downwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Of the larger quadrupeds the horse is said to be only second in intelligence to the Elephant, and many proofs could be given of the high standard of intelligence to which he sometimes attains. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Since the invention of gunpowder, some quadrupeds have completely disappeared from many European and Asiatic countries where they were formerly numerous. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Dogs, the nearest in intelligence to men, are better than any other quadruped. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z His great book on wild life conservation is brimful of practical detail and should be in the library of all who are interested in the preservation of our fishes, birds, and quadruped game. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z In quadrupeds, the anterior part of this extremity, although similarly covered by muscular bundles, produces a prominence under the skin. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z It lives upon poultry and eggs, small quadrupeds, young birds, and wild fruits. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In these cases, the seeds of the new crop may often have been brought by the wind, by birds, by quadrupeds, or by other causes; but, in many instances, this explanation is not probable. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z When riding, he is able to cover a distance of fifty-five miles easily in one day on a good pony, and about seventy miles if he changes his quadruped four times. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Of quadrupeds, birds of the air, and insects, those that most excited his attention are more especially noticed. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Such is the situation of the bones of the forearm and the attitude of the hand in quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z His shoulders slope back more than those of other quadrupeds, the scapula, or shoulder-blade, being oblique to the humerus, which, in its turn, is oblique to the radius, or upper part of the fore-leg. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The Beduins are little given to the chase, and seldom make war on the game birds and quadrupeds of the desert. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Off the trail, as though dragged there by affrighted and agonized animals, lies an overturned ambulance, its six draught-mules outstretched upon the turf about it; so, too, are other quadrupeds, troop-horses evidently. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z I say amuse themselves; but at the same time I may remark that all sounds given out by quadrupeds, birds, or reptiles, are designed to effect some of nature's especial purposes. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z The skeleton of the forearm in quadrupeds is vertical in direction; consequently, it forms with the arm an angle open anteriorly; this is well seen on examining the lateral surface. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z It bears a stronger resemblance to the seal than to any other quadruped, but it is distinguished by the proportions of its body and its elephant-like tusks. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In almost every wild tribe, some particular quadruped or bird, though persecuted as a destroyer of more domestic beasts, or hunted for food, is regarded with peculiar respect, one might almost say, affection. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Yonder at the sutler's, early as it was in the day, a dozen quadrupeds, mules, mustangs, or Indian ponies, were blinking in the sunshine. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z On the whole, as a quadruped, the sloth is of the lowest degree. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Indeed, let us suppose that to a clay model of a human head we wish to give the aspect of the head of a quadruped. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The jackal may be considered as the vulture of the quadruped kind; the most putrid substances that once had life, are greedily devoured. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The tread of quadrupeds exposes and bruises the roots of the trees, which often die from this cause, as any one may observe by following the paths made by cattle through woodlands. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Dasyure, das′i-yōōr, n. a small carnivorous quadruped of Australia and Tasmania. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z True of the woolly quadruped but this fact is no reply to my sermon; for the Savior was not talking about animals. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z It is obviously this latter procedure which, on the other hand, is carried out when a person wishes to give to his own face some resemblance to the muzzle of a quadruped. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z It belongs to tropical America and feeds on birds, and animals of all kinds, not hesitating to attack even the larger quadrupeds. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z At present I must confess that I am sceptical, for in all my varied experience I have never come across a quadruped that could fly! The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Dam, dam, n. a mother, applied to quadrupeds. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z A triple monster here is shown Which old Chimera mocks, Bird, fish, and quadruped in one, The duck-billed Paradox. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z This latter, because of the general direction of the trunk in quadrupeds, has its superficial surface directed downwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z My best love attends the girls, little Charles, and all the quadrupeds. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Before a Scene representing the late Fred Archer, on a rather quaint quadruped, on Ascot Racecourse. Voces Populi 2011-10-04T02:00:20.280Z Antelope, an′te-lōp, n. a quadruped belonging to the hollow-horned section of the order of Ruminants, differing from the goat in its beardless chin—a gregarious, peaceable animal, remarkable for grace, agility, and swiftness. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z With both hands this figure holds the young of some quadruped, probably a kid, in front of his breast. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z An analogous region, but of only slight depth, exists in quadrupeds; its borders are formed by the mastoido-humeral and trapezius muscles. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z "Dog," she read, "is the English generic term for the quadruped of the domesticated variety of canis." The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Omens were drawn from the appearance of the entrails of animals offered in sacrifice, also from the meeting with quadrupeds in any unaccustomed place. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Chinchilla, chin-chil′la, n. a small rodent quadruped of South America, valued for its soft gray fur: the fur itself. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The next advance introduces to notice the smaller quadrupeds, known as the rodents, of which the rat, rabbit, and hare may be taken as the most familiar examples. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z We then shall have an idea of what the triceps is in quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Three great windows looked out upon a noble park, in which were strange and beautiful trees, marble figures, miniature lakes, gushing fountains, and many a lovely bird and curious quadruped. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z But, on the other hand, they might on the same plea claim a certain quadruped, whose length of ear exceeds its breadth of intellect. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Aye-aye, ī′ī, n. a quadruped about the size of a hare found in Madagascar, closely allied to the lemurs, with much of the aspect of a squirrel. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The inherent capacity for deviation is thus much less in the mollusk than in the bird; and in the bird much less than in the quadruped. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z But, in the dog, as in other quadrupeds besides, the forearm is, in the normal state, flexed on the arm; the latter being oblique downwards and backwards, and the former being vertical. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z One boy gave the following: "A biped has two legs and a quadruped has four legs, therefore, the difference between a biped and a quadruped is two legs." The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z “Can you induce your bovine quadruped to accompany you?” The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Beaver, bēv′ėr, n. an amphibious rodent quadruped valuable for its fur: the fur of the beaver: a hat made of the beaver's fur: a hat: a glove of beaver fur.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z They knew, or they could say, that a cow was “a graminivorous ruminating quadruped,” and that was enough, in the philosophy of Mr. Gradgrind. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z We can, for example, recognise the upper limb of man in the anterior one of quadrupeds, in the wing of the bat, in the paddle of the seal, etc. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The pupils in a school in Boston were asked to give in writing the difference between a biped and a quadruped. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z With their legs the quadrupeds Kick and squirm,—can't move their heads And the inner voice speaks out: How 't will end we gravely doubt. Plish and Plum 2011-08-25T02:00:33.093Z There is no shame in the defeat however, as Ouest France noted: "duels between professional cyclists and horses are not rare and generally turn to the advantage of the quadrupeds." Tiger Woods pips LeBron James and Madonna to worst tipster top spot 2011-08-21T00:02:30Z The buffalo, on the other hand, always remains in the sunshine, and seems able to endure the greatest heat, but also the greatest cold before all other quadrupeds. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z In quadrupeds, on the contrary, their number is large; they are not ankylosed, and they form the skeleton of the caudal appendix. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Of these forty, twenty-six are birds, two bats, eight quadrupeds, and four reptiles. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Another outhouse attached to the cottage contains a copper for preparing the food for both quadrupeds and birds. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z It may therefore be imagined that the progress of troops—dependent as they were for food and forage on the tempers of quadrupeds—was at this time slow and not always sure! South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Not only men are exposed to this, but also the quadruped denizens of these parts, and I repeatedly saw drowned buffaloes and stags being carried away by such swollen rivers. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The curves of the vertebral column are, in quadrupeds, slightly different from those which characterize the human spine. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z As the unfortunate quadruped was also a puppet, there was no painful strain on our sympathy. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Now this might have been an agreeable occupation for horses and for another quadruped, no doubt; but hardly for men. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z All things, however, must come to an end at some time, and the unwieldy quadruped at last became weary of leaping and, securing the complete control of his bit, did a bolt from the blue. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z They live in large flocks, and may be seen by day in the Rocky Mountains standing about the highest peaks, at spots which it appears impossible for a quadruped to reach. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Briefly, there is in quadrupeds one dorso-lumbar curve; and not both a dorsal and a lumbar, with convexities in opposite directions. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z "There," exclaimed the keeper, "is the sacred quadruped now known as the Ichneumon." The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He had a quick eye and a sure aim, and quadruped or bird that escaped him, must be nimble. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Still, as the quadrupeds ploughed their way on, Poojah churlishly refused to give place aux dames, and Milky Way began to drop to the rear. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Eventually he had reached the employing of a dozen or two, with the bipeds that drove and the quadrupeds that drew them. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The dorsal vertebræ form the posterior limit in man, and superior in quadrupeds, of the region of the trunk known as the thorax. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z His wife was mounted on a mule, which quadruped was towed along by the bridle by a ragged and unshaven Valaisan. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z A bird, a quadruped, a track—these were important themes. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z But the exasperating quadruped, in shameful disregard of the superabundant intelligence wherewith popular superstition persists in endowing that noble—but intensely stupid—animal the horse, flatly refused to be led; standing stockstill with every attempt. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z That estimable quadruped had at one time been addicted to “sticking,” an inconvenient vice of which his present owner had thoroughly cured him. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z In its general outlines the thorax in quadrupeds resembles that of man—that is to say, that, as in the latter, the anterior portion—superior in the human being—is narrower than the part opposite. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Animals inhabiting deserts offer the most striking instances, for the bare surface affords no concealment, and all the smaller quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds depend for safety on their colours. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Decidedly the camel is the most detestable quadruped to ride in the world. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z And then, while a warm horse argument grew and thrived among one section, another continued and fostered apace the discussion concerning those just deposited there through the motive power of the quadruped under dispute. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The interesting quadruped appears to be getting his hand in. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The Sternum.—The sternum is, in quadrupeds, directed obliquely downwards and backwards; its form varies in different species. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The males of some few quadrupeds possess organs or263 parts developed solely as a means of defence against the attacks of other males. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z I might have explained away the quadruped attitude as a gymnastic pose, but it takes considerable of an artist to explain away a mouthful of red tie in a schoolmarm. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z In a moment they were on all fours, hopping about like so many quadrupeds. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z For Allen, whose weedy nag had gone lame, is now bestriding a mount which his host has provided for him—a youthful quadruped, given to occasional bucking. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z We have seen that in some quadrupeds the clavicles are wanting. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Male quadrupeds which are furnished with tusks use them in various ways, as in the case of horns. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z "Yes, sir, oats," rejoined Ben,—"oats, that precious grain which gives such elegance and fire to our noblest of quadrupeds, the horse." The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Perhaps these quadrupeds are as numerous in the vicinity of Philadelphia as elsewhere, as I have never examined a stream of fresh water, dyked meadow, or mill-dam, hereabout, without seeing traces of vast numbers. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Over which operation presided Hicks and Claverton, each with a forked pole in his hand, wherewith to administer the necessary ducking to the immersed quadrupeds. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The curvature of the ribs is less pronounced in quadrupeds than in the human being, but this is not equal in all animals. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z From these facts there can be no doubt that with most of our domesticated quadrupeds strong individual antipathies and preferences are frequently exhibited, and much more commonly by the female than by the male. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z They bore, in short, precisely 168the same relation to the other members of the class Reptilia which the Whales and Porpoises bear to the ordinary quadrupeds. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z This burrow is formed by the smallest quadruped animal known to man, the minute shrew, which, when full grown, rarely exceeds the weight of thirty-six grains. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Thus Cuvier found, in the limestone strata on which Paris stands, animals of the most curious forms, combining in the most wonderful manner the qualities of different species of existing quadrupeds. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z This head in the human skeleton is directed upwards and inwards; in quadrupeds its direction is upwards and backwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Lastly we have distinct evidence with some quadrupeds and birds that the individuals of the one sex are capable of feeling a strong antipathy or preference for certain individuals of the opposite sex. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z They appear to attain to their culmination in the Miocene, when their powers seem to be proportionate to those of the great and well-armed quadrupeds they had to deal with. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z A closer examination of the locality showed the footsteps of a quadruped, which I readily believed to be the muskrat, more especially as, upon examining the adjacent banks, numerous traces of burrows were discoverable. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Between intervals of active service he has gone off into the wild deeps of Africa, where no one has ever been before—discovered a new quadruped and a new tribe of natives. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Let us now suppose that a man wishes to walk in the attitude of a quadruped. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z “Some difference between the speed of that quadruped and his sports car.” The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z But in a moment it would vault into the air, and skim along for ten or twelve feet, looking more like a bird than a little quadruped. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z The old porter opened the gate and conducted him within, soon emerging again himself, and seeming to examine the panting quadruped at the porch. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z In short, quadrupeds have their anterior members in the position of pronation. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Development of the Hair.—We have seen that male quadrupeds often have the hair on their necks and shoulders much more developed than in the females; and many additional instances could be given. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z He was a most accommodating quadruped, and with not more than nine-stone-six on his back was able, when his owner so desired, to make even crack performers look ridiculous. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z One of those birds of the urban night deftly wheeled his vehicle alongside our pedestrian and pulled his clattering quadruped violently back upon its haunches until it slid along the slippery pavement. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z There are many interesting accounts of curious quadrupeds in Du Chaillu’s book, “Adventures in Equatorial Africa,” but none appeals more strongly to most readers than that of the gorilla. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z It is for this reason that, even in those quadrupeds in which the ulna is atrophied, the olecranon process presents a relatively considerable degree of development. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Nevertheless it can hardly be admitted that the diversified, vivid, and contrasted colours of certain quadrupeds, for instance of the above-mentioned monkeys and antelopes, can thus be accounted for. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Boston Dynamics' latest quadruped, the LS3, aims to carry 400 pounds of materiel over 20 miles of rough terrain. BigDog Goes To War 2011-05-04T22:00:00Z The quadrupeds, birds, flowers of armorial blazonry—all that makes heraldic pomp picturesque—are but survivals of primeval totem symbols throughout the world. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Just above the bend of the elbow in the embryo is an opening through which an artery passes in many quadrupeds. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z In quadrupeds the palmar groove is especially determined by the pisiform bone, of which we have just mentioned the great development. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Colour of the Hair and of the Naked Skin.—I will first give briefly all the cases known to me, of male quadrupeds differing in colour from the females. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Most quadruped robots move slowly and keep three feet on the ground. BigDog Goes To War 2011-05-04T22:00:00Z They were as much amused at my admiration of the scenery as I was at their taking so long a journey to look at a quadruped. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z "Thank you, Mrs. St. Clair, I do not go; but even if so, you would, I fear, miss me less than your latest fad in the pet quadruped." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z The clavicle is rudimentary, but, as an example of the complete development of this bone in plantigrade quadrupeds, we may cite the marmoset. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z No one has ever doubted that the quadrupeds which inhabit snow-clad regions, have been rendered white to protect them from their enemies, or to favour their stealing on their prey. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Among the quadrupeds represented are the buffalo, moose, elk, deer, fox, wolf, panther, and lynx. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z I whistled, my boy, and the docile quadruped shrunk toward me with criminal aspect. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Climate affects bipeds in the same way that it does quadrupeds. The Philippines A Century Hence 2011-04-20T02:00:25.047Z It follows that the forearm, which in all quadrupeds is in a state of permanent pronation, can, in carnivora, take the position of supination, or rather, of demi-supination. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z But, alas! after many delays and apologies, none were to be had; almost every quadruped in the town was engaged in taking parties home from the opening of the Independent College. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z They are among the quadrupeds what the Falconid� are among the birds. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The ideograph which denotes elim represents a quadruped, sometimes with an eye, sometimes with the ideograph of sheep, attached to it.316.WAI. v. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Willingly, as at all such requests of his quadruped pal, he leaned to oblige. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z It results that, though in the human being the symphysis is short and the ischio-pubic arch large, in quadrupeds it is the opposite. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z He told his sister, "The place sits on you, broods on you, stamps on you with the feet of its myriad bipeds and quadrupeds." Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z I was fortunate in the possession of these quadrupeds, inasmuch as it afforded me an opportunity of enjoying to a greater extent the beauties of the surrounding country. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Rein-deer, bears, wolverines, martens, foxes, hares, and white buffaloes are the only quadrupeds in their country; and that the latter were only to be found in the mountains to the Westward. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z A short chain attached to the swivel collars on the necks of both had enabled the old Scot to teach the young Belgian the trade of disciplining woolly quadrupeds instead of two-legged humans. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z The movements which this joint permits are the same in the quadrupeds as in man, but less extensive. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z We were soon mounted and in the street, amidst a confused throng of men and quadrupeds. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z All of a sudden, and simultaneously, a movement is perceptible among the animals, birds as quadrupeds, the wild as the tame. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z This, then, was the quid pro quo—quadrupeds in exchange for bipeds! Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z But luck this afternoon seemed to favor quadrupeds. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z The absence of the pubio-femoral ligament in other quadrupeds than the horse explains why in them abduction is less limited than in the latter. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z All the birds assemble in a grove, and the quadrupeds on a fine down. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z While the battue is at its height, one large quadruped is put up which more than any other excites the ardour of those engaged. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z The frequent delivery of his elaborate speech, before an audience of feathered bipeds and amphibious quadrupeds, had fully prepared M. T. Pate for the day of trial. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z When the fair audience was crowded to one side in “reserved” quadruped standing room, West whirled and bore down on East. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z In other quadrupeds, the articulations which bind together the bones of the tarsus possess a little more freedom of movement. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z They furnished, with the most plentiful profusion, the tables of the lions, leopards, tigers, panthers, hyænas, wolves, bears, foxes, polecats, and all sorts of carnivorous quadrupeds. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z So one by one the wild quadrupeds give out, the birds long before these, frightened by the constant chase and fusillade, forsaking the place altogether. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z I see that by thy strength thou are equal to a lioness, whose roar hushes up the growling of all quadrupeds. Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z “The King of the Golden Mines,” with a workman on his back, can hardly be defeated by any obstacle that the power and spring of a quadruped ought to surmount. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z What distinguishes it in quadrupeds is that there are costal attachments which extend further on the sternal surface of the thorax, and the number of its aponeurotic insertions, which, in general, is more considerable. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The boy became intensely interested in the habits of quadrupeds and birds; their form, their color, and their homes. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z On the sterile tract through which they have been passing birds and quadrupeds are scarce, even such as usually inhabit it having gone elsewhere in consequence of the long-continued drought. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z An animal called in the colonies a “Kangaroo dog,” led the way; and to this quadruped the young girl directed my attention. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Like many amiable characters on two legs, the quadruped is shy of acquaintances but genial with friends. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z It is not in this space that it is seen in certain quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z But that all warm-blooded creatures are quadrupeds, or, in other words, that the attributes connoted by "warm-blooded" never exist without those connoted by "quadruped," has not been asserted, and cannot be inferred. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z Without further speech they stalk cautiously forward, to reach the edge of another opening, and there behold another flock—not of birds, but quadrupeds. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z It would be wronging the lowest of the race of quadrupeds to call those people beastly and brutal wretches. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Surely no other quadruped has nature gifted with so much strength and symmetry in so small a compass. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z The hyoid bone in quadrupeds is situated between the two rami or branches of the lower jaw. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z In the hog the abdominal viscera are most strongly developed, and hence his standing among quadrupeds is low. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z For example, in the sandstone along Connecticut River, the tracks of more than forty species of bipeds and quadrupeds have been found most distinctly marked. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Portraits were executed by the royal command—architectural plans prepared—and hunting expeditions or wars of extermination plotted against colonies of baboons and monkeys, the only quadrupeds of which the country can boast. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The deer, like your horse, is a large quadruped, and, except under unusual circumstances, where one goes the other can probably follow. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z It is this latter which, by itself alone, forms the deltoid of quadrupeds, a muscle known, in veterinary anatomy, as the long abductor of the arm. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Hence the muscular power of the dog is greater, and his grade among quadrupeds higher than those of most of the preceding animals. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z It comprehends all the quadrupeds and bipeds, with man at their head, and is much superior to all other classes in complexity of organization and strength of the mental powers. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z But the idea of driving a quadruped of sorts along those steep roads and through the crowded streets of Barborough filled him with genuine apprehension. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Struggling through the bushes towards her was an immense, headless quadruped with unsteady legs and hesitating paces, two of the men carrying the last canoe. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z In quadrupeds, in which the infraspinatus is so slightly visible, the teres major and minor are not found at all in the superficial muscular layer. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z It has been observed that the same occurs in the females of the greater quadrupeds. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The remains of man are also preserved in caverns associated with the fossil bones of the mammoth, the woolly-haired rhinoceros, cave-bear, and other extinct quadrupeds. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Their modes of progression were more varied, for the structures indicate an equal capacity for movement on land as a biped, or as a quadruped, with movement in the air. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z The ox in South Africa seems little inferior to that most sagacious of all quadrupeds, the dog. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z We know that in quadrupeds, and especially in the domestic animals, the humerus is relatively short in proportion to the forearm. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The infant consequently can only crawl like a quadruped. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In Dane county there is a remarkable group, consisting of six quadrupeds, six parallelograms, one circular tumulus, one human figure, and a small circle. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z On the other hand, if a sufficient space of open prairie intervene, either level or down hill, the quadrupeds will eventually close upon the birds, when the latter will once more take to wing. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Having escaped spontaneously from their shell, they are at the mercy of all comers, birds, quadrupeds, and monkeys; whereas the Brazil-nuts, protected by their thick woody pericarps, are not so easily accessible. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Thus would be found realized the disposition which we meet with in quadrupeds of the muscles of this region. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The talk of the driver was spiced with news of abundant wild-fowl, fewer deer, and marvellously numerous small quadrupeds, from wolves and foxes down. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z The elephant is by far the largest and strongest quadruped in the world. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z "That he is, sir, though he never was leader in a four-in-hand; but, you see, poor creatures of quadrupeds forget themselves down here, just like their betters!" The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z It had come close to the tree that contained the tamandua, and saw the quadruped taking its siesta upon the branch. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z It is true that in the human being this is its action; but in quadrupeds, owing to its insertion into the pisiform, it draws the hand into the position of flexion. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The playfulness of the Sabine bard is that of the lapdog, while the Umbrian reminds us of the pranks of a clumsier and less tolerated quadruped. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z No end of it was reached that day; but the barn was reached, and all the quadrupeds and bipeds were found, safe and hungry, and were carefully attended to. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z Curled up at her feet lies that intelligent quadruped, Betsey Periwinkle, gazing with blinking eyes in the fire, and deeply absorbed in her own reflections. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The quadruped licking up his insect prey is a sight of less frequent occurrence. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z But in the other quadrupeds with which we are here concerned it is completely covered by the external head of the triceps. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z It worried me that I couldn't decide what the clumsier and less tolerated quadruped was. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z In this respect man agrees with the great majority of quadrupeds, which generally have their upper and exposed surfaces more thickly clothed than the lower surface. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z The country was not found so destitute of quadrupeds as was formerly imagined. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z It was a quadruped, about the size of a raccoon or cat, but of a shape peculiarly its own. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z In quadrupeds, on account of the position in which the forearm is placed—viz., pronation—the corresponding muscles occupy the anterior aspect of this region. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z It consists of nine books treating of minerals, plants, fishes, birds, insects and quadrupeds. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z We see, in short, with existing monkeys various gradations between a form of progression strictly like that of a quadruped and that of a biped or man. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z These tribes are amply provided with camels and horses, and effect their journeys more quickly and conveniently than we are likely to do with these deliberate quadrupeds of ours. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Perhaps the little quadruped may have mistaken him for an ape, but it must have also thought him the grandest it had ever set eyes upon. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The radial fasciculus represents in the domestic quadrupeds the long proper flexor muscle of the thumb in man. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z One of the men uttered a sharp command, and a protesting quadruped moved through the gateway—another behind it. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z I have shewn in a former work,191 that all our domesticated quadrupeds and birds, and all our cultivated plants, are more fertile than the corresponding species in a state of nature. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z The females are horned as well as the males, which is proper to this order of quadrupeds, but the horns of the females are more slender than those of the other sex. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Birds, too, came in their way, all eaten by the Indians, as also various species of arboreal quadrupeds and quadrumana. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The part which these tendons play is of great importance in the large quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Still more specifically, in a note to the 'Temple of Nature,' the English evolutionist says: 'It has been supposed by some that mankind were formerly quadrupeds.... Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z These horns, in the great family of the Lamellicorns, resemble those of various quadrupeds, such as stags, rhinoceroses, &c., and are wonderful both from their size and diversified shapes. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Nor are quadrupeds scarce; instead plenteous, both in number and species. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Its surface is overspread with undulating sand-hills of from 20 to 100 ft. above the average level, and so loose that men and quadrupeds stepping off the beaten track sink as if in snow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z In quadrupeds it contributes to form the superficial part of the crupper and the external surface of the thigh. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z South Africa is especially prolific in such eccentric forms, both among its birds and quadrupeds. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The structure of the heart, lungs, liver, brain, and muscle may all be studied, and well studied, by using minute pieces of the flesh of the lower animals, especially of the quadrupeds. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Though they had lost all their quadrupeds, there was still a creature with them of the animal kind—if a monkey may be so classed. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The celebrated Brisson, who was the keeper of his museum, derived from it the principal materials for his works on quadrupeds and birds. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Notwithstanding the difference which exists, it is this abnormal fasciculus of man which in the quadrupeds here studied is considered as constituting the posterior portion of the great gluteal. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The object which now fixed the attention of the naturalist was a quadruped,—a very small one, not bigger than a medium-sized cat, but altogether different in form and proportions. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z "I'd teach him the difference between a quadruped and a gentleman." A Poached Peerage For on trek, horses and cattle—in short all domesticated quadrupeds—regard the great waggons as they would the houses of a homestead, and will return to them just the same. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z He was also employed during the winter in forming a table of plants and quadrupeds to illustrate the famous work of Dr Wilkins on a "Real or Universal Character." Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Its external surface is slightly rounded; that is, of course, in quadrupeds with sufficiently well-developed muscles. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Aristotle and Pliny described the ostrich as half bird, half quadruped.” The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z It inhabits the north of Europe and Asia, burrows, is indolent and sleepy, feeds by night on vegetables, small quadrupeds, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Raising himself on elbow, he looked all round; but no buffalo was in sight, nor quadruped of any kind. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Characterizing the different groups by circumstances connected with their organization, he arranges quadrupeds into those which have undivided hoofs, as the horse; those having cleft hoofs, of which some are ruminant, others not. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History We now proceed to discover their analogues in quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Birds and quadrupeds of rare and beautiful kinds made this fair scene their home. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Comparative anatomy is the science which compares the anatomy of different classes or species of animals, as that of man with quadrupeds, or that of quadrupeds with fishes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Not so different was the behaviour of the quadrupeds themselves, as they saw the raft bear down upon them, and go drifting by—a sight altogether new to them. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The other treatises, on the viviparous and oviparous digitate quadrupeds, on serpents, monsters, and minerals, were prepared for the press by Bartholomew Ambrosinus, another of his successors, and that on trees by Ovid Montalbanus. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History In domestic quadrupeds, and also in the majority of the mammals, this muscle is reduced to a single portion, that which comes from the pelvis. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Both are beautiful creatures—perhaps the most beautiful quadrupeds in the world—a fine horse always excepted. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The principal quadruped here, the kangaroo, is elsewhere unknown; and though he has four legs, he runs upon two. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The guns are again brought into requisition; a brisk, though reluctant, fusillade follows, and the camp is left without a living quadruped. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z He then proceeds to speak of teeth, which he says are possessed by all viviparous quadrupeds. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Let us imagine, in man, the internal surface of the thigh broader, and the internal rectus more expanded, and we shall have an idea of the same muscle as it exists in quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z On such occasions the speed of the quadruped will not save it. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z It is remarkable that in a division of the globe of such colossal proportions there was found no larger quadruped than the kangaroo, and that only man was a predacious animal. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands You have the floor, and then you put everything you have upon a wooden quadruped. The Wonderful Visit His quadrupeds include the mammalia and the quadrupedal reptiles. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History We now proceed to study these muscles in quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z A dog should be set after them, precisely in the same manner as though they were rabbits, hares, or any other small quadrupeds. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The now numerous drove of quadrupeds belonging to the prosperous and wealthy band of Kah-go-mish were no longer picketed. The Red Mustang Whence did they come? from what quadrupeds did they spring? The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer He then gives a general account of the oviparous quadrupeds, particularly of the Egyptian crocodile and the chameleon, concerning which he relates many interesting circumstances. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History But as they descend to a rather low level on the leg in quadrupeds, and especially in carnivora, they do not, properly speaking, determine a projection of the calf of the leg. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z One of the most interesting facts in relation to this quadruped is, that the Syrian species is most probably the “coney” of the Scriptures. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The darkness was still sufficient to conceal from the creeping Apaches the fact that the Mexican commander had left a hundred men to guard his precious quadrupeds. The Red Mustang By mid-day bipeds and quadrupeds would rule the town, our beautiful palace find itself desecrated. Glories of Spain Linnæus, however, on minutely inspecting the monster, discovered that the heads consisted of the jaws of a small quadruped covered over with the skin of a serpent. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Plantaris.—In quadrupeds this muscle is blended with the superficial flexor of the toes, which we will study afterwards. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The bill of the Pique-Boeuf is fashioned as a pair of solid pincers, to facilitate the raising out of the hides of quadrupeds the larvae of the gadflies, which are there deposited and nourished. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Hardly three minutes later both reins were drawn so suddenly as almost to compel the two quadrupeds to sit down. The Red Mustang Colorado.—Owners of private preserves under a license are permitted to sell and ship deer or other quadrupeds that are accompanied by an invoice. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. The ears are situated at the same level as the eyes, but not higher, as in certain quadrupeds. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History In quadrupeds, it rises as high as the back of the knee, and is found blended with the plantaris. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z A simultaneous cry of alarm broke forth from the occupants of the wagon—which was continued as they saw the huge quadruped preparing to repeat the charge. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z No quadruped would or could wander from the train, and two of the rancheros rode ahead, more were scattered in the middle, and a pair who seemed almost asleep brought up the rear. The Red Mustang This is the largest quadruped at present extant on the earth. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom In speaking of limbs, he takes occasion to describe the proboscis of the elephant, and to enter generally into the history of that gigantic quadruped. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Thence it passes to the tarsus, and terminates in different fashion in carnivora and other quadrupeds. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Now this quadruped was almost as well known to our party as the bird. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z When, therefore, the Apache camp was abandoned, and all its treasures of quadrupeds and stores had been hurried out of harm's way, Kah-go-mish did not go with his family and household goods. The Red Mustang When these resources fail, he will attack small quadrupeds, and even animals of some magnitude. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom He states that some quadrupeds have many toes, as the lion; while others have the foot divided into two, as the sheep; and others again have a single toe or hoof, as the horse. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History In the other quadrupeds with which we are here occupied it is blended with the long proper flexor of the great-toe. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z No; it will eat almost any thing,—little quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, and even carrion, upon a pinch. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z What they did not add was that they were rich enough with the other quadrupeds won by Kah-go-mish in his successful war with Mexico. The Red Mustang But it cannot be regarded as a predatory quadruped, for it seems to prefer dead to living animal food, its principal subsistence being the floating carcasses of whales. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom "He got very red, crimson, indeed, and stammered out, 'You may spare yourself the walk, sir; for the only quadruped I have is a spaniel, and she is blind from age, and stupid.'" Tony Butler You may as well inquire how I should behave if I were a quadruped. The Fortunes Of Glencore Its talons closed like a cramp upon the vertebrae of the tiny quadruped, which the next moment was borne aloft into the air! The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The bison is now the largest European quadruped, measuring about 10 ft. long, exclusive of the tail, and standing nearly 6 ft. high. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" This animal, the tallest of quadrupeds, is found in the interior of Africa. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom "My collections on the Mountains amounted to about fifteen hundred species of plants, one hundred and fifty birds, fifty quadrupeds, and a considerable number of insects." Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea It is true, that in the following tale no mention will be made of any of those "smaller British quadrupeds" of whose "habits and instincts" the title-page has engaged to communicate some information. The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds It is one of those anomalies that cannot be classed with other quadrupeds, and has been constituted a genus of itself. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z But the rhinoceros is one of the fleetest quadrupeds in existence. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa This quadruped resembles the hog in shape, but is much larger. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom To his perseverance and industry, science is indebted for the knowledge of several new and many rare quadrupeds, birds, and plants. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Sir Charles Lyell relates that green rafts composed of canes and brush-wood are occasionally carried down the Parana River in South America by inundations, bearing on them the tiger, cayman, squirrels, and other quadrupeds. The History of the European Fauna There were three individuals in this group—three quadrupeds of a kind that had not been seen by the young yägers since the setting out of their expedition. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Mr. C., on distribution of animals and plants, 77, 98, 141.——, on vegetation required for support of large quadrupeds, 82.——, Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The quadruped found in our woods, and sometimes called by the name of wild-cat, is a lynx. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The only ferine companions we now had were a few hardy quadrupeds and birds, capable of enduring the winter. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In all these animals, when on land, the hind-feet are turned forwards under the body, and Sea-lions aid in supporting and moving the trunk as in ordinary quadrupeds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" On the steep cliffs, and along the dizzy heights, the klipspringer has no equal in South Africa; he can scale them as no other quadruped; he fears no four-footed beast of prey. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z To this class all the warm-blooded quadrupeds, and the Cetacea, or whales, belong. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The latter shakes him down, and the quadruped, rolling himself into a ball, pretends to be dead. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom But Rajah paid not the slightest heed, and in long bounds came out into the arena hard after the terrified quadruped, which was galloping now with the speed of despair. Careers of Danger and Daring Whatever crime a Brahman might commit, his person and property were not to be injured; but whoever struck a Brahman with a blade of grass would become an inferior quadruped during twenty-one transmigrations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Of course, these peculiarities were not noticed by the spectators at the moment, as the little quadruped was beyond the reach of such minute observation. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z River inundations recur in most climates at very irregular intervals, and expend their fury on those rich alluvial plains where herds of herbivorous quadrupeds congregate together. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This is among the largest of quadrupeds, being sometimes twelve feet long, and six feet high. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Fishes, birds and quadrupeds, all render allegiance to my empire. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades These writers will mention, for instance, that all quadrupeds have uniformly seven bones in the neck. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The boys heard the shrill cry of the little quadrupeds, as the shadowy wings covered them; and expected to see the eagle rise with one of them in its talons. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A name given to an extinct quadruped, supposed to belong to the Pachydermata, the bones of which were first found in lignite and coal of the tertiary strata. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Of this numerous family, there are a great variety of species; but nearly all steal forth at night, preying upon such birds and quadrupeds as they can master. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The Indians also brought aboard several llamas,—the characteristic and most valuable quadruped of South America. The Spanish Pioneers The carnivorous quadrupeds are designated by a different generic term. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science They knew, moreover, that there was nothing odd in that,—they knew that the black rhinoceros will charge upon any creature, whether man, quadruped, bird, or bush, without the slightest provocation! The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Savannahs of South America.—We are informed by Humboldt, that during the periodical swellings of the large rivers in South America great numbers of quadrupeds are annually drowned. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Of this quadruped there are two species, the dromedary, and the Bactrian camel, which has two hunches on the back. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom It was based on original consanguinity, and marked by a heraldic device, as the figure of a quadruped, or bird. An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem The first tribe of animals noticed here is named Bhemah, "cattle" in our version; and in the Septuagint "quadrupeds" in one of the verses, and "cattle" in the other. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science He had always been able to avoid the charges of the clumsy quadruped, and to escape out of its way when he desired. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A fossil extinct quadruped belonging to the order Pachydermata, resembling a pig. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology He easily guessed its true character, and having a volume of Rees's Cyclopedia under his arm, he hurled it with all his might at the suspicious quadruped. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The plan under the circumstances is craftily to manoeuvre the obdurate quadruped against a bush or a fence. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance The quadrupeds did not all come forth together. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science It was a small quadruped, of a greyish brown colour, darker above, and of lighter tint beneath. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A genus of extinct quadrupeds, allied to the tapir, named from eminences on the teeth. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology These creatures, partaking both of the nature of quadrupeds and birds, have excited the wonder of mankind in all ages. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Birds and quadrupeds alike are all void of suspicion upon this bright, quiet morning in the far African wilderness. Tales of South Africa What was a mere quadruped to him then? The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising In other words, the white rhinoceroses of South Africa are in point of magnitude, after the elephant, the largest quadrupeds in the world. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephants; so called from the form of the hind teeth or grinders, which have their surface covered with conical mammillary crests. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This blundering white man, though he had the strength and ferocity of an enraged bull, had more than that quadruped’s stupidity. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War A few white egrets, apparently as fearless of the great quadrupeds as the buffalo birds, add beauty to the scene. Tales of South Africa Backing his steed, a process to which that intelligent quadruped was by no means averse, he faced the great snake, firing a succession of whip cracks at it. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising It was this:— Of all the quadrupeds to which the Pique-Boeufs attach themselves, there are none upon which they are such constant attendants as the rhinoceros. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Even in the Eocene strata of Europe, the discovery of cetaceans has never kept pace with that of land quadrupeds. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology But the traditional sagacity of that quadruped, as is almost invariably the case, failed in an emergency. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Fauna.—The chief quadrupeds are all domestic animals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Those useful quadrupeds were being driven in by a mounted boy, and soon the saddles were on them and the three were in the saddles. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising The buck was dragged into the river beyond his depth; and although few quadrupeds could swim as well as he, once off his legs he was no longer a match for the amphibious saurian. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A tribe of quadrupeds having a sack or pouch under the belly, in which they carry their young. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology They possessed no quadrupeds of any description, except a race of voiceless dogs, of whose existence we have no proof but the assertion of the discoverers. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time It may, however, have been figuratively applied to some very fierce or untameable creature, either quadruped or bird, which inhabited the woods. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series But it was an amicable riot this time, for the guns carried by the two officials told those intelligent quadrupeds that sport was afoot, wherefore they were simply beside themselves with delight. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising The species, therefore, anxiously seek out the herds of oxen, of buffaloes, of antelopes—of all the quadrupeds, in short, upon which these gadflies deposit their eggs. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z A quadruped resembling the chamois or mountain goat, from which the perfume musk is obtained. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Only one small quadruped is found in Cuba that is supposed to be indigenous, and that is called the hutia, much resembling a mouse, but without the tail. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time |
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