From the Latin for "4-footed", it's an animal with 4 feet
[DOC] [TLE] Word roots: The web's largest root words and prefix directory [PAR] anim, life, spirit, Latin, animal - a living organism; animate - to make alive; ... a 
joint; arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs, like spiders, crustaceans, insects 
..... the power to accomplish work; energetics - science that looks at energy and 
its ...... on 4 sides; quadrennium - period of 4 years; quadruped - a 4-footed 
animal.