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ANIMAL FOOT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

Synonyms:

animal foot; foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("animal foot" is a kind of...):

pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "animal foot"):

fossorial foot (foot adapted for digging as in moles)

hoof (the foot of an ungulate mammal)

bird's foot (the foot of a bird)

webfoot (a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin)

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

forefoot (a front foot of a quadruped)

hindfoot (a rear foot of a quadruped)

paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)

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