bipeds
Creatures with two
Bipeds are creatures that walk on two legs.
Humans are bipeds, as are birds.
The term appears most often in scientific or technical contexts, or when deliberately emphasizing the two-legged nature of locomotion: We bipeds take balance for granted.
Locomotion on foot
- ambulationMovement by walking
- strideExtended single footstep
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
balance · posture · bipedalism · upright · erect · striding · running · hopping
Of or concerning birds
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
- flightlessIncapable of aerial travel
ostrich · penguin · emu · cassowary · kiwi · rhea · perching · hopping
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
- tyrannosaurusHuge carnivorous dinosaur
- velociraptorSmall feathered Cretaceous predator
- archaeopteryxEarly feathered dinosaur genus
- cretaceousLast Mesozoic period
paleontology · fossils · predatory · two-legged · carnivore · running · clawed · extinction
Study of human cultures
- hominidBipedal primate family
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
culture · language · society · clothing · agriculture · family · community · bipedalism
walking
Locomotion on foot
- ambulationMovement by walking
- strideExtended single footstep
- gaitLocomotion pattern
stance · balance · posture · bipedalism · upright · erect · striding · running · hopping · waddling
avian
Of or concerning birds
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
flightless · ostrich · penguin · emu · cassowary · kiwi · rhea · perching · hopping · wading
theropod
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
- tyrannosaurusHuge carnivorous dinosaur
- velociraptorSmall feathered Cretaceous predator
- archaeopteryxEarly feathered dinosaur genus
cretaceous · paleontology · fossils · predatory · two-legged · carnivore · running · clawed · extinction
anthropology
Study of human cultures
civilization · culture · language · society · clothing · agriculture · family · community · bipedalism · walking
pelvis
Bony basin at waist
vertebrae · musculature · gluteal · knee · ankle · foot · heel · arch · toes · sacrum
bipedsquadrupeds
Animals with four feet
multiped · tetrapods · hexapods · octopods · centipedes
- bipedal robotTwo-legged artificial walker