Quadrupedia

See also: quadrupedia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin quadrupedia (“four-legged”); coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1735.

Proper noun

Quadrupedia

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Animalia – mammals.

Usage notes

Linnaeus replaced this class with Mammalia in 1758 in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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