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Synonyms for pes


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pees, peys
Phonetic Transcription : pis, peɪs



Définition of pes

Origin :
  • 1956 as an abbreviation of physical education (see physical).
  • As in physical education : noun fitness education
Example sentences :
  • Brevipes is from brevis, short; pes, foot; so called because of its short stem.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The description of the foot in the diagnosis of the family is based on the pes of this species.
  • Extract from : « Extinct Birds » by Walter Rothschild
  • All the limbs are plantigrade and pentedactylate, and the digits of the pes are clawed.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The pes is digitigrade or plantigrade, and has three, rarely four, digits.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The metatarsals are ankylosed together, and the pes has four digits.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • In the Echidnidae the pes is turned outwards and backwards in walking.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • In the Pinnipedia the pes differs much from that in the Carnivora vera.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The pes consists of two parts, the ankle or tarsus and the foot.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • This is divisible into three portions, the thigh, the crus or shin, and the pes.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The Strombus (Pes pelecani) with and without its dilated lip; also some small Crabs, and other things.
  • Extract from : « Lachesis Lapponica » by Carl von Linn

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