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biped (n.)

"animal with two feet," 1640s, from Latin bipedem (nominative bipes) "two-footed," as a plural noun, "men;" from bi- "two" (see bi-) + pedem (nominative pes) "foot" (from PIE root *ped- "foot"). As an adjective from 1781.

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Definitions of biped from WordNet
1
biped (n.)
an animal with two feet;
2
biped (adj.)
having two feet;
Synonyms: bipedal / two-footed
From wordnet.princeton.edu