pes

pes  (ps)

n. pl. pe·des (pds)

A foot or footlike part, especially the foot of a four-footed vertebrate.

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[Latin ps; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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pes [peɪz piːz]

n pl pedes [ˈpɛdiːz]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the technical name for the human foot

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the corresponding part in higher vertebrates

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any footlike part

[New Latin: foot]

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pes - the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" foot, human foot human, human being, homo, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage calcaneus, heelbone, os tarsi fibulare - the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel arcuate artery, arteria arcuata - curved artery in the foot arteria digitalis, digital arteries - arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes arteria metatarsea, metatarsal artery - dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis - veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus - dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle pedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebrates pes planus, splayfoot, flatfoot - a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out instep - the arch of the foot sole - the underside of the foot toe - one of the digits of the foot big toe, great toe, hallux - the first largest innermost toe little toe - the fifth smallest outermost toe heel - the back part of the human foot