Definition of pedal

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Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..

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Fissipedal :: Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves..
Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.
Pedial :: Pedial (a.) Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal..
Sesquipedal :: Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalia.
Bipedal :: Bipedal (n.) Having two feet; biped.
Harp :: Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers..
Pedalian :: Pedalian (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal..
Laelaps :: Laelaps (n.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
Organ :: Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ..
Velocipede :: Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle..
Pedality :: Pedality (n.) The act of measuring by paces.
Pedomotive :: Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
Tripedal :: Tripedal (a.) Having three feet.
Quadrupedal :: Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..
Semipedal :: Semipedal (a.) Containing a half foot.
Mane :: Mane (n.) The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse..
Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..
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