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    PEDAL EXTREMITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The extremity of the limb in vertebratesplay

    Synonyms:

    pedal extremity; vertebrate foot

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    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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