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▪ I. ‖ pes|piːz|
Pl. pedes |ˈpɛdiːz|.
[The L. word pēs foot, used technically in Comparative Anatomy, Botany, etc.]
1. Comp. Anat. The terminal segment of the hind limb of a vertebrate animal, corresponding to the human foot. Opposed to manus hand, applied to the corresponding part of the fore limb.
1842Dunglison Med. Lex., Pes, the inferior extremity of the abdominal member. 1875Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 161 Thickenings, or callosities, of the integument, however, occur beneath the joints of the digits, both in the pes and the manus.
2. Bot. A footlike part or organ; a base of support; a peduncle.
3. Pros. A name for each of the two quatrains forming the first part of a sonnet.
1880Macm. Mag. No. 253. 46 The sonnet..we find that its volta occurs after the eighth line, that it has two pedes of four lines each, and a cauda of six.
▪ II. pes
obs. form of peace, pease, piece. |