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Podos & Pedis
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pedal | a foot operated lever |
| pedestal | the lowest part of a column, or pillar |
| pedestrian | a walker; boring; mundane |
| peddler | a walking salesman |
| pedigree | lineage, genealogy, a line of ancestors |
| pedicure | care for the feet |
| biped | two-footed animal |
| quadruped | a four-footed animal |
| impede | to hinder; to stop progress; to obstruct |
| impeach | to charge a public official with misconduct in office |
| expedite | to make it happen faster; to speed up the process |
| tripod | an object with three legs used to supporting something such as a camera |
| podium | a small platform used to give prominence to the person on it |
| podiatry | the branch of medicine concerned with feet |
| antipodes | directly opposite |
| octopus | a cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles |
| platypus | A small aquatic animal of Australia and Tasmania with a broad bill and tail and webbed feet |
| cephalopod | marine animal with a head, eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles |
| pseudopod | a temporary growth on a cell that allows it to be mobile |
| gastropod | a class of mollusks such as a snail or a slug |
| apodal | footless |