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[pees, peys]
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noun, plural pe·des [pee-deez, ped-eez] /ˈpi diz, ˈpɛd iz/. Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. a foot or footlike part.
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Origin of pes

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

pe

or peh

[pey]
noun
  1. the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. either of the consonant sounds represented by this letter.
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Origin of pe

1895–1900; < Hebrew pē, akin to peh mouth
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Examples from the Web for pes

Historical Examples

  • Brevipes is from brevis, short; pes, foot; so called because of its short stem.

    The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise

    M. E. Hard

  • The description of the foot in the diagnosis of the family is based on the pes of this species.

    Extinct Birds

    Walter Rothschild

  • The pes is digitigrade or plantigrade, and has three, rarely four, digits.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton

    Sidney H. Reynolds

  • All the limbs are plantigrade and pentedactylate, and the digits of the pes are clawed.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton

    Sidney H. Reynolds

  • The metatarsals are ankylosed together, and the pes has four digits.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton

    Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for pes

pes

noun plural pedes (ˈpɛdiːz)
  1. the technical name for the human foot
  2. the corresponding part in higher vertebrates
  3. any footlike part
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Word Origin

C19: New Latin: foot

PES

abbreviation for
  1. Party of European Socialists: the Socialist, Democratic, and Labour parties of the European Union, founded in 1992
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pe1

noun
  1. the 17th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (פ or, at the end of a word, ף) transliterated as p or, when final, ph
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Word Origin

from Hebrew peh mouth

pe2

the internet domain name for
  1. Peru
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PE

abbreviation for
  1. physical education
  2. potential energy
  3. Presiding Elder
  4. (esp in postal addresses) Prince Edward Island (Canadian Province)
  5. Also: p.e printer's error
  6. statistics probable error
  7. Protestant Episcopal
  8. (in South Africa) Port Elizabeth
  9. Peru (international car registration)
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Word Origin and History for pes

PE

1956 as an abbreviation of physical education (see physical).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
pes in Medicine

pes

(pās)
n. pl. pe•des (pĕd′ās′)
  1. The foot.
  2. A footlike or basal structure or part.
  3. Talipes.
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