bipedal
(adjective)
Describing an animal that uses only two legs for walking.
Examples of bipedal in the following topics:
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The Evolution of Humans
- These humans may have been bipedal, meaning they walked upright on two legs.
- Bipedalism, or walking upright, is one of the main human evolutionary adaptations.
- Advantages to be found in bipedalism include the freedom of the hands for labor and less physically taxing movement.
- Bipedalism resulted in skeletal changes to the legs, knee and ankle joints, spinal vertebrae, toes, and arms.