pediformadj.
/ˈpɛdᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈpɛdəˌfɔrm/ Chiefly Zoology.
Having the form of a foot; footlike. Also: having the form of a footprint.
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pediform?a1808
?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. XIII. 572 It always forms an angle the base of which is the foot, whence some naturalists have described the animal as pediform.
1876 Harper's Mag. Feb. 386/2 Dorsal view [of Chironomus larva], with pediform appendages retracted.
1929 Ecology 10 403 The load is scooped up by the third maxillipeds. In Upogebia these appendages are strong and pediform.
1988 Hesperia 55 285/2 Flat-based dish (?). Probably the same shape as 50, with an anepigraphic central pediform stamp.
2003 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 194 356/2 In these genera [of ostracods], none of the thoracic appendages is pediform.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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