quadruped

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You may remember, that Leatherwing related to the squirrel the History of Minimus, or "Some Passages in the Life of the smallest Quadruped in the World."

From The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds by Waring, George

Scapula of the Human Being, Posterior Surface, placed in the Position which it would Occupy in the Skeleton of a Quadruped.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

A Human Skeleton in the Attitude of a Quadruped, To give a General Idea of the Position of the Bones in other Vertebrates 5 2.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Left Scapula of the Human Being, Posterior Surface, placed in the Position which it would Occupy in the Skeleton of a Quadruped 23 13.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Across the sands of Syria, Or, possibly, Algeria, Or some benighted neighbourhood of barrenness and drouth, There came the Prophet Sam-u-el Upon the Only Cam-u-el— A bumpy, grumpy Quadruped of discontented mouth.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn