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peˈdation rare.
[In sense 1, ad. L. pedātiōn-em, n. of action f. pedāre to furnish with feet or props; in sense 2, n. of condition f. pedāt-us pedate.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr., Pedation, a staking, propping or setting up of vines. 1658in Phillips.
2. Zool. Condition as to feet. (Cf. dentition.)
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Pedatio, term employed by Fabricius to denote the manner in which the feet of insects are developed, the number of articulated pieces.., the form of the different parts [etc.]: pedation. |