pes

American  

[pees, peys] / pis, peɪs /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

pedes

1. a foot or footlike part.

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pes ¹ British  

/ piːz, peɪz /

noun

1. the technical name for the human foot

2. the corresponding part in higher vertebrates

3. any footlike part

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PES ² British  

abbreviation

1. Party of European Socialists: the Socialist, Democratic, and Labour parties of the European Union, founded in 1992

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Etymology

Origin of pes

First recorded in 1835–45, pes is from the Latin word pēs

Example Sentences

In most cases, pes planus does not interfere with everyday life, but it can in severe cases like mine.

From New York Times • May 3, 2010

Sabin bases his case against the her pes viruses on studies conducted at the National Cancer Institute with Dr. Giulio Tarro of the University of Naples.

From Time Magazine Archive

Actually, the students knew all about pes and oculus already: they were Latin teachers of many years' standing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Roseipes is from rosa, a rose; pes, a foot; so called because of its rose-colored or pinkish stem.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The chief modification of the pes is a general narrowing brought about by the tendency of the digits to be crowded together, one on top of the other, rather than spread in a horizontal plane.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.