Definition of Pediform

1. a. Shaped like a foot.

Definition of Pediform

1. Adjective. Having the shape of a foot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pediform

1. shaped like a foot [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediform

pediculosis capitis
pediculosis corporis
pediculosis palpebrarum
pediculosis vestimentorum
pediculous
pediculous blepharitis
pediculus
pediculus arcus vertebrae
pedicure
pedicured
pedicures
pedicuring
pedicurist
pedicurists
pediform (current term)
pedigerous
pedigree
pedigree(a)
pedigree analysis
pedigree collapse
pedigreed
pedigrees
pediluvies
pediluvium
pediluvy
pedimana
pedimane
pedimanes
pedimanous

Literary usage of Pediform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"Having either the lower antennae sub- pediform and furnished with strong slightly-curved spines, or the posterior pair of ..."

2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"Having either the lower antennae sub- pediform and furnished with strong slightly-curved spines, or the posterior pair of ..."

3. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"E. Br.inchio? and cirri placed superiorly at nil the pairs of pediform papillae, and having no iaws. SECTION II. Branchia? in the form of small crests or ..."

4. An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1826)
"Palpi pediform, the anterior pair thickest with a retractile sucker. Trunk consisting of two principal segments, | with a minute supplementary posterior ..."

5. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"Since, however, in the type of Callianassa the maxillipeds are pediform, the chief reason for the institution of ..."

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