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Ped-,& Pod- pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia. Latin meaning foot,or feet
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Aliped ali-wing ped-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.
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anguiped, anguipede angui-snake ped-foot Having feet or legs in the form of serpents, serpent-footed: an epithet of certain giants of ancient mythology.
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Biped bi- two ped-foot A two-footed animal. Having two feet; two-footed.
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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
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breviped Having short feet (or legs); such as, a short- legged bird. Brevi- short Ped-foot
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capitopedal Relating to the head and the feet.
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carpopedal Relating to the wrist and the foot, or the hands and feet; denoting especially carpopedal spasm.
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capriped Goat-footed.
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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).
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celeripedean A swift footman.
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centipedal Of one hundred (metrical) feet.
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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.
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octoped An eight-footed animal or thing.
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cheiropod, cheiroped A name applied to the mammals possessed of hands, including the Bimana (man), and Quadrumana (monkeys, lemurs).
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cheliped One of a pair of limbs bearing large claws, or chelae, found in decapod crustacea.
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decempede, decempedal Ten feet in length. Having ten feet.
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equipede Having legs of equal length.
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