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Ped -,& Pod-

Ped -,& Pod-. pedi -, -pedal, - ped , - pede , - pedia . Latin meaning foot,or feet. Aliped ali -wing ped -foot. Wing-footed, having wings on the feet, like the figures of Mercury; hence, swift-footed.

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Ped -,& Pod-

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  1. Ped-,& Pod- pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia. Latin meaning foot,or feet

  2. Alipedali-wingped-foot • Wing-footed, having wings on the feet, like the figures of Mercury; hence, swift-footed. • In zoology, having the toes connected by a membrane that serves as a wing, as with bats; a cheiropterous animal.

  3. anguiped, anguipedeangui-snakeped-foot • Having feet or legs in the form of serpents, serpent-footed: an epithet of certain giants of ancient mythology.

  4. Bipedbi- twoped-foot • A two-footed animal. • Having two feet; two-footed.

  5. bipedal, bipedaling, bipedalism, bipedality • Having two feet, two-footed, biped; specifically designating a reptile that uses its two hind feet for walking or running; also denoting this method of movement. • Capable of locomotion on two feet; e.g., an iguana and some other lizards have this capability. • Sometimes used humorously as a reference to a human who is a bipedaling monoglot (a two-footed person who speaks one language) or a bipedaling polyglot (a two-footed person who speaks many languages). Bi-two Ped-foot -al, -ing, -ism,& -ty--like

  6. breviped • Having short feet (or legs); such as, a short-legged bird. Brevi- short Ped-foot

  7. capitopedal • Relating to the head and the feet.

  8. carpopedal • Relating to the wrist and the foot, or the hands and feet; denoting especially carpopedal spasm.

  9. capriped • Goat-footed.

  10. carpopedal • Relating to the hand and the foot (in carpopedal spasm, a term applied to the local convulsions which affect the hands and feet of children).

  11. celeripedean • A swift footman.

  12. centipedal • Of one hundred (metrical) feet.

  13. centipede • A venomous predatory arthropod of the order Chilopoda, characterized by one pair of legs per leg-bearing segment. The venom is injected through the first pair of leg-like appendages, modified into piercing claws; the bites may be painful and locally necrotic, but seldom are dangerous, except to very young children. Genera found in the U.S. include Scutigera, Lithobius, Scolopendra, and Geophilus. • A name given to wingless vermiform articulated animals having many feet, constituting the order Cheilopoda of the class Myriapoda. Those of tropical countries are very venomous.

  14. octoped • An eight-footed animal or thing.

  15. cheiropod, cheiroped • A name applied to the mammals possessed of hands, including the Bimana (man), and Quadrumana (monkeys, lemurs).

  16. cheliped • One of a pair of limbs bearing large claws, or chelae, found in decapodcrustacea.

  17. decempede, decempedal • Ten feet in length. • Having ten feet.

  18. equipede • Having legs of equal length.

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