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uniped, n. and a.|ˈjuːnɪpɛd|
Also -pede |-piːd|.
[f. uni- + L. ped-, pēs foot.]
A. n. A person having only one foot (or leg); a one-footed creature.
1801Southey Thalaba iv. 218 note, There is said to be a nation of one legged men, and one of these unipeds is represented in a print, lying on his back, under the shade of his own great foot. 1846Blackw. Mag. LX. 227 To wake up ten minutes afterwards an unsuffering uniped. 1863C. M. Smith Dead Lock 248 In all diseases of the toes, the liabilities of the uniped are but as five to ten compared with those of his two-legged brethren.
fig.1897Contemp. Rev. Oct. 536 The greater sort will escape one-sidedness by inventing some outlet for them⁓selves, but the average will present us with an endless variety of quaint queer unipeds.
B. adj. Having only one foot (or leg); one-footed.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. 125 [These] Molluscans..are the only instance of a unipede structure in creation. 1866R. Chambers Ess. Ser. ii. 206 An auctioneer..who..sells off pots and pans, and small uniped tables. |