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Feet and Legs any invertebrate of the phylum that includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods with jointed legs. — arthropod, arthropodal, arthropodan, arthropodous, adj. a hooved animal having an even number of toes or digits on each foot, as pigs, sheep, deer, etc. — artiodactylous, adj. an animal, as man, having two feet. — bipedal, adj. an earlier and still frequent term for podiatry. — chiropodist, n. — chiropodial, adj. a person with only one leg or foot, usually as the result of a birth defect. care of the feet, either in a cosmetic or medical sense. — pedicurist, n. the quality of having five digits on each hand and foot. — pentadactylate, pentadactylic, pentadactylous, adj. the condition of having more than the usual number of digits on a hand or foot which are also excessively large and uneven. — perisso-dactylate, perissodactylic, perissodactylous, adj. gout affecting the foot. — podagral, podagric, podagrical, podagrous, adj. a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of the foot. Also called podology. — podiatrist, n. — podiatric, adj. podiatry. the condition of having more than the normal number of toes or fingers. — polydactylous, adj. a person who has six fingers or six toes. clubfoot; the state or condition of having a clubfoot. — taliped, adj. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But she, too, grew pale and thin; and the nervous activity of the poor little hands and arms only emphasized the pitiful motionlessness of the once active little feet and legs now lying so woefully quiet under the blankets. Still there was no alternative, and, filling his lungs with the close and reeking air of the chamber, Tarzan of the Apes dived into the dark and watery hole which he could not see but had felt out and found with his feet and legs. said Dorothy, with a little sigh, for her feet and legs were still wetted now and then by the sea-water that came through the open slats. |
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