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PEDAL EXTREMITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The extremity of the limb in vertebrates
Synonyms:
pedal extremity; vertebrate foot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pedal extremity" is a kind of...):
extremity (that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso)
Meronyms (parts of "pedal extremity"):
metatarsus (the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds)
tarsus (the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedal extremity"):
animal foot; foot (the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings)
foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)
Holonyms ("pedal extremity" is a part of...):
craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
leg (a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion)
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