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quadrupednoun	A four-footed or four-legged animal.
haunchnoun	(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
forepawnoun	Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
procoxanoun	The coxa of the foreleg of an arthropod
palmnoun	The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
forecoxanoun	The foremost lobe of the coxa in some arthropod legs
handnoun	The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
footpadnoun	The soft underside of an animal's paw.
tendonnoun	(anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
quadrumannoun	Alternative form of quadrumane. [(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.]
midlegnoun	The middle of the leg.
foot padnoun	Alternative form of footpad. [The soft underside of an animal's paw.]
knucklenoun	Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
tetrapodnoun	A type of vertebrate animal
prescutumnoun	(zoology) The first dorsal sclerite of a tergum of an insect
quadratojugularnoun	A bone found in some reptiles, amphibians, and birds in front of the quadrate at the base of the temporal fossa.
fourchettenoun	(anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
quadrumanenoun	(zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.
four-leggednoun	Having four legs.
stotnoun	(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound.