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- QUADRUPED: An animal that walks on
- all fours.
-
- QUADRUPEDAL: Describes an animal
- that is a quadruped.
-
- QUATERNARY: Quaternary Period: A
- unit of geologic time. It began about
- 1.6 million years ago, and includes
- the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.
- The Quaternary follows the Tertiary
- Period, and together they are "The
- Age of Mammals."