pes
/peɪz
/ /piːz/noun (plural pedes /ˈpɛdeɪz/ /ˈpɛdiːz/) technical
The human foot, or the corresponding terminal segment of the hindlimb of a vertebrate animal.Both hindlimbs are directed outward from the pelvis, with the superbly preserved pedes exposed splayed out in dorsal view....
- The variance in the general build of the manus and pes is presumably due to scaling with respect to the wide range in body sizes seen among synapsids.
- Sauropod footprints show heteropody, with relatively small manus and large pes prints.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin, 'foot'.
- malacic
- malaco-
- malacoderm
- malacolite
- malacological
- malacologist
- malacology
- malacon
- malacopterygian
- malacosteon
- Malacostraca
- malacostracan
- malacostracous
- maladaptation
- maladapted
- maladaptive
- maladaptively
- malade imaginaire
- maladie du pays
- maladif
- maladive
- maladjusted
- maladjustment
- maladminister
- maladministration