: a two-footed animal
Australopithecines were bipeds.
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This super-cute biped, based on the BD-1 droid, is a perfect example.
BD-1, to the uninitiated, made its first appearance in Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, a terrific video game released in 2019.
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New Atlas, 22 July 2024
This bird-like biped, like many of the robots in Star Wars, was a curious, plucky and courageous little character, communicating mainly in R2D2-like bleeps and bloops.
—New Atlas, 22 July 2024
Australopithecus afarensis, which lived in eastern Africa from 3.85 million to 2.95 million years ago and is famously represented by the skeleton known as Lucy, discovered in 1974, was a capable biped.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
All that really leaves are the special effects, which are made-for-Imax fine, though this modern rendition of Kong as a very human-ish biped has never looked quite right, a flaw that’s only multiplied.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
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New Atlas, 22 July 2024
This bird-like biped, like many of the robots in Star Wars, was a curious, plucky and courageous little character, communicating mainly in R2D2-like bleeps and bloops.
—New Atlas, 22 July 2024
Australopithecus afarensis, which lived in eastern Africa from 3.85 million to 2.95 million years ago and is famously represented by the skeleton known as Lucy, discovered in 1974, was a capable biped.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
All that really leaves are the special effects, which are made-for-Imax fine, though this modern rendition of Kong as a very human-ish biped has never looked quite right, a flaw that’s only multiplied.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Biped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biped. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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