Bi′ped1, n.
n. [Fr. bipède: Lat. bipes: bis, twice, and pes, pedis, foot.] An animal having two feet, as man.
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n. [Fr. bipède: Lat. bipes: bis, twice, and pes, pedis, foot.] An animal having two feet, as man.
a. [Fr. bipedal; Lat. bipedalis.] Having two feet, or the length of two feet. By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased, Became a helpless, naked, biped beast. Byron.