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Definition of Pedal extremity
1. Noun. The extremity of the limb in vertebrates.
Group relationships: Craniate, Vertebrate, Leg
Specialized synonyms: Animal Foot, Foot, Foot, Human Foot, Pes
Generic synonyms: Extremity
Terms within: Metatarsus, Tarsus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedal Extremity
Literary usage of Pedal extremity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1854)
"... swimming freely in'the, water, turning pretty quickly upon its axis, and having
its pedal extremity in front. It preserves the cilia with which the ..."
2. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"From the surface of a piece of the trunk of a turbellaria directed downward a
pedal extremity develops, from the upper surface a cephalic extremity, ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"... while the second set, relatively dorsal, indicate progressive differentiation,
as control of a pedal extremity or some special organ related externally. ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"each nation to put forward only its best foot, to hide the pedal extremity with
the cloven hoof, would be ludicrously silly. Yet it is hard to understand ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"issue from "his pedal extremity, and again the " poor white trash " of the
waste-basket joined issue with the stocking. He was in a condition of excellent ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"issue from his pedal extremity, and again the " poor white trash " of the
waste-basket joined issue with the stocking. He was in a condition of excellent ..."
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