pedipalpous 
pedipalpous (ped-i-pal'pus), a. [< pedipalp + 
-niig.] Having large pedipalps ; pertaining to 
the Pedipalpi, or having their characters ; poly- 
merosomatous or arthrogastric, as an arach- 
nidan. 
pedipalpus (ped-i-pal'pus), .; pi. pecttpalpi 
(-pi). [NL. : see pedipalp.] A pedipalp. 
pedireme (ped'i-rem), n. [< L. pes (ped-), = E. 
foot, + remus, an oar: see oar 1 .] A crusta- 
cean whose feet serve for oars. Compare cope- 
pod. [Rare.] 
Pediremi (ped-i-re'ml), n. pi. [NL. (Amyot 
and Serville, 1843), < L. pes (ped-), = 'E.foot, 
+ remits, an oar. Cf. pedireme.] A superfam- 
ily of water-bugs, or Hydrocorisse, containing 
those with true swimming-feet, as the Corisidee 
and Notonectidse. 
pedissequantt, [Prop, "pedisequent, < L. pe- 
disequus, pedisecus, improp. pedissequus, fol- 
lowing on foot, < L. pes (ped-), = E. foot, + 
sequi, ppr. sequen(t-)s, follow: see sequent.] 
A follower. 
Yet still he striveth until], wearied and breathlesse, he be 
forced to offer up his blood and flesh to the rage of al the 
observant pedissequants of the hunting goddesse Diana. 
Topsail, Four-Footed Beasts (1607), p. 136. (HaUimU.) 
4356 
pedotrophic, paedotrophic (pe-do-trof'ik), a. 
[< prdotroph-y + -if.] Of or pertaining to the 
rearing of children. [Rare.] 
He grew more daring, and actually broached the idea 
of Piedotrophie Partnership, the term by which the new 
Socialism designated a particular and relatively perma- 
nent variety of sexual attachment. 
Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 102. 
pedotropMst, paedotrophist (pe-dot'ro-fist), 
[< pedotropli-y + -ist.] One who practises pe 
dotrophy. [Rare.] 
They could, with the most generous intentions, pi 
nounce the plaintiff a properly qualified pmMropkm. 
Harper's Mag., LXXIX. li 
IDS. 
pedlar, pedlarism, etc. 
pedler, pedlerism, etc. See peddler, etc. 
pedmelon (ped'mel-on), n. 
See peddler, etc. 
) peddler, etc. 
A variant of pade- 
melon. 
pedobaptism, paedobaptism (pe-do-bap'tizm), 
H. [= It. pedobattesinio; < Gr. irate, (TTOH?-), a 
child, + fiairrto/i6s, baptism: see baptism.] The 
baptism of infants. 
The Anabaptists laugh at p&do-bapMsm. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 299. 
pedobaptist, paedobaptist (pe-do-bap'tist), . 
[< Gr. miic (7raS-), a child, + (Saimemfo a bap- 
tist: see baptist.'] An advocate of the baptism 
of infants. 
pedogenesis, paedogenesis (pe-do-jen'e-sis), n. 
[NL., < Gr. waif (TTOH!-), child, + ylveaif, gener- 
ation: see genesis.] Larval generation; repro- 
duction by larvffl ; a kind of heterogamy which 
resembles alternate generation, and is regard- 
ed as a case of precocious development of the 
egg in parthenogenesis. It has been shown to 
occur in the larvre of certain gall-flies, Ceci- 
domyia, etc. 
The morphologically undeveloped larva has acquired 
the power of reproducing itself by means of its rudimen- 
tary ovary a phenomenon which . . . has been desig- 
nated Piedogenesis. Claus, Zoology (trans.), I. 128. 
pedogenetic, paedogenetic (pe"do-je-net'ik), a. 
[< pedogenesix, after genetic.] Of or pertaining 
to. or reproduced by, pedogenesis. 
pedomancy (ped'o-man-si), n. [< L. pes (ped-), 
= E. foot, + Gr. [tavreta, divination, prophecy.] 
Divination by examining the soles of the feet. 
pedometer (pe-dom'e-ter), . [< L. pes (ped-), 
= E. foot, + Gr. ficrpov, a measure.] An in- 
strument by which paces are numbered as a 
person walks, and the distance traveled is thus 
approximately recorded. Such instruments usually 
register by means of an index on a dial-plate, and are 
carried in the pocket like a watch, which they resemble 
in shape and size. 
pedometric (ped-o-met'rik), a. [< pedometer 
+ -ie.] Pertaining to or measured by a pe- 
dometer. 
pedometrical (ped-o-met'ri-kal), . [< pedo- 
metric + -al.] Same as pedometric. 
pedomotive (ped-o-mo'tiv), a. [< L. pes (ped-), 
= E. foot, + ML. motivus, motive: see motive.] 
Moved, driven, or worked by the foot or the feet 
acting on pedals, treadles, or the like ; operated 
by action of the feet, as a velocipede, etc. 
A novel and important improvement in treadles for bi- 
cycles and other pedomotive carriages. 
Set. Amer., N. 8., LIV. 105. 
pedomotor (ped-o-mo'tor), n. [< ~L.pes (ped-), 
= E. foot, + motor, a mover: see motor.] 1. 
A means for the mechanical application of the 
foot as a driving-power, as the treadle of a sew- 
ing-machine or the pedal of a bicycle. 2. A 
bicycle, tricycle, or other similar vehicle. 3. 
A roller-skate. 
pedonosology, paedonosology (pe"do-no-sol'6- 
ji), . [< Gr. irair; (vatA-), child, + K.'nosology'.] 
The study of the diseases of children. 
pedopleural (ped-o-plo'ral), o. [< L. pes (ped-), 
= E./oof, + Gr. TrAtvpa, side.] Same as pleura- 
pedal. 
Pedota (pe-do'ta), n. pi. [NL., < L. pes (ped-) 
= E. foot. ] One of the major groups of placen- 
tal mammals, including those which have feet, 
as distinguished from Apoda, 
children, < ratf (iraii-), child, + rptfuv, nour- 
ish.] That branch of hygiene which is con- 
cerned with the rearing of infants and chil- 
dren. [Rare.] 
pedregal (ped 're-gal), n. [Sp., < piedra, a 
stone: see pier.] A rough and rocky district, 
especially in a volcanic region. 
A great chain of bergs stretching from northwest to 
southeast, moving with the tides, had compressed the sur- 
face-floes ; and, rearing them up on their edges, produced 
an area more like the volcanic pedragal of the basin of 
Mexico than anything else I can compare it to. 
Kane, Sec. Grinn. Exp., I. 197. 
pedro (pe'dro), n. [< Sp. Pedro, < LL. Petnts, 
< Gr. IKrpof, Peter.] In the game of sancho- 
pedro, the five of trumps. 
Pedro Ximenes (pe'dro zim'e-nez). Wine 
made from the grape of the same name in 
Spain, the most celebrated being that produced 
in Andalusia. Compare peter-see-me. 
pedum (pe'dum), n. ; pi. peda (-da). [< L. pe- 
dum, a shepherd's crook, <pes (pea-) = 'E.foot.] 
A pastoral crook or hook. 
Head of Pan horned, with pedum at shoulder. 
B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, p. 203. 
peduncle (pe-dung'kl), n. [= F. pedoncule, < 
LL. pedunculus, also L. peduculus, equiv. topedi- 
culus, a little foot, dim. otpes(ped-) = E./bot.] 
1. In bot., a general flower-stalk supporting 
either a cluster or a solitary flower : in the lat- 
Peduncle. 
Flowering Branch of Periwinkle (finca minor), showing the 
one-flowered peduncles. 
ter case the cluster may be regarded as reduced 
to a single blossom. Gray. See also cut under 
pedicel. 2. In zool., a little foot or foot-like 
part; a pedicle or pedicel. Specifically -(a) The 
stalk of a barnacle. (&) A fleshy process of some brachio- 
pods. (c) One of the crura of the brain. See pedunculus. 
('/) In entom., a narrowed basal Joint or part forming a 
stem on which the rest of the organ is supported : as, the 
peduncle of the abdomen. Also called petiole. See cuts 
under Eurytoma and mud-dauber. Anterior peduncle 
Of the thalamus, a bundle of fibers coming from the 
frontal lobe through the anterior part of the internal 
capsule to the thalamus. Inferior peduncle of the 
thalamus, a bundle of fibers coming from the temporal 
lobe, passing under the lenticular nucleus, possibly reen- 
forced by fibers from the globus pallidus, and terminating 
in the thalamus. Internal peduncle of the thalamus, 
that part of the inferior peduncle which terminates in 
the stratum zonale of the thalamus. Olivary, optic, 
etc., peduncle. See the adjectives. Peduncle of the 
pineal body or gland, a narrow white band on either 
side extending forward and outward from the base of the 
pineal body, along the ridge-like junction of the upper 
and mesial surfaces of the thalamus. Also called medul- 
lary stria of the pineal body, or habenula (or habena) pine- 
alts. Peduncles of the cerebellum, three pairs of stout 
bundles of nerve-fibers which connect the cerebellum 
with the other chief divisions of the brain. They are dis- 
tinguished by their position as the superior, middle, and 
inferior peduncles or crura. The superior pair emerge 
from the mesial part of the medullary substance of the 
hemispheres, and run forward and upward to reach the 
nuclei tegmenti of the opposite sides, after decussation 
under the formatio reticularis. (Also called crura ad cor- 
pora quadrigemina, crura ad cerebrum, processus cerebelli 
ad cerebrum, procettsus e cerebello ad testefi, brachia conjunc- 
tiva, and brachia conjunctoria.) The middle pair form the 
ventral transverse fibers of the pons, emerging from the lat- 
eral part of the white substance of the hemispheres. (Also 
called crura or processus ad pontem.) The inferior pair are 
the restiform bodies of the oblongata, which enter the 
hemispheres between the middle and superior peduncles. 
peel 
(Also called crura or procfttu* ad medulla in . ) Peduncles 
Of the corpus callosum, two bands of white substance 
given off Iroin the anterior end of the corpus callosum, 
which, diverging from each other, pass backward across 
the anterior perforated space to the entrance of the fissure 
of Sylvius. Peduncles of the septum lucidum, the 
peduncles of the corpus callosum. Posterior peduncle 
Of the thalamus, the bundle of fibers passing backward 
from the pulvinar to the occipital cortex, carrying nervous 
impulses of retinal origin. =Syn. 2. Pedicel, Peilifle, and 
Peduncle are used in zoology with little discrimination. 
Pedicle is the most comprehensive term ; pedicel more 
frequently means a very small foot-like part, peduncle a 
large and generally soft or fleshy foot-like part; and each 
of these has some specific use. 
peduncled (pe-dung'kld), a. [< peduncle + 
-erf 2 .] Same &s pedunculate. 
peduncular (pe-dung'ku-lar), a. [<L.MiMMM- 
lits, a little foot (see peduncle), +-ar 3 .] 1. Of 
or pertaining to a peduncle ; growing from a pe- 
duncle. 2. In entom., pertaining to the pe- 
duncle of the abdomen Peduncular arteries, 
small branches supplying the crura cerebri. Pedun- 
cular lobe of the cerebellum, the flocculus. Pe- 
duncular sulci, the oculomotor and lateral sulci of the 
crura cerebri, grooves where the substantia nigra comes to 
the surface, between the crusta and the tegmentum. The 
inner one is also called sulcus pedunculi (or mesencephali) 
medialis; the lateral one, sulcvs pcdmiculi (or mesen- 
cephali) lateralis. Peduncular tract. Same as pyram- 
idal tract (which see, under pyramidal). 
Pedunculata (pe-dung-ku-la'ta), H. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of peduncutotus : see pedunculate.] 1. 
InLamarck'sclassificatipn(1801-12), one of two 
orders of Cirripedia, distinguished from SetttHa; 
the pedunculate as distinguished from the ses- 
sile cirripeds. They have six pairs of biramous 
feet, and are such as the Lepadidse and Pollici- 
pedidx. 2f. An order of brachiopods, com- 
prising all having shells attached by a peduncle 
(Lingtila, Terebratula,etv.): contrasted with the 
Segsilia (Orbicula, Crania, etc.). Latreitle. 
pedunculate (pe-dung'ku-lat), a. [< NL. pe- 
dwnculatus, < L. peduiiculiis, a little foot : see pe- 
duncle.] 1. In hot., having a peduncle; grow- 
ing on a peduncle: as, a pedunculate flower. 
2. Provided with a pedicel; pedicellate Pe- 
dunculate abdomen, in entmn., an abdomen in which 
the first joint is slender and stem-like: opposed to sessile 
abdomen. See cuts under Ophinn and mud-dauber. te- 
dunculate body. In entmn., a body in which the meso- 
thorax has a constricted ring in front, to which the pro- 
thorax is articulated, as in many beetles, 
pedunculated (pe-dung'ku-la-ted), a. [< pe- 
dunculate + -ed*.] Same as pedunculate. 
Pedunculati (pf-dung-ku-la'ti), . pi. [NL., 
pi. of pedunculaius : see pedunculate.] The Pe- 
diciilati as a family of acanthopterygians, de- 
fined by Cuvier as fishes with wrists to the 
pectoral fins. 
pedunculation (pe-dung-ku-la'shon), n. [< pe- 
dunculate + -ion.] The development of a pe- 
duncle ; the state of being pedunculated. 
pedunculns (pe-dung'ku-lus), .; pi. pcdiiiiciiH 
(-li). [L.: seepeduncle.] A peduncle or pedicel; 
a stalk, stem, or other foot-like support or basis 
of a part Pedunculus cerebelli medius.peduncu- 
lus cerebelli inferior, pedunculus cerebelli superior, 
respectively the middle, lower, and upper cerebellar pe- 
duncles. Pedunculus cerebri, a crus cerebri, one of the 
legs of the brain. Pedunculus conarii, the peduncle of 
the pineal body; the habenula. Pedunculus medullse 
oblongatse, the restiform body. Pedunculus olivae, 
the white fibers which pass out of the 1 lilum of the inferior 
olivary nucleus. Pedunculus pulmonis, the root of the 
lung. Pedunculus substantise nigrse, the layer of fine 
fibers lying next to the substantia nigra on its ventral sur- 
face, and believed to originate in the cells of that forma- 
tion : it passes downward to become lost in the pons. 
pee (pe), . [Cf. pea*.] The point of the arm 
of an anchor, intended to penetrate the ground ; 
the bill. 
peeblet, < An obsolete form of pebble. 
peecet, An obsolete spelling of piece. 
peek 1 (pek), n. An obsolete or nautical spell- 
ing of peat 1 . 
peek 2 (pek), v. i. [Early mod. E. also yicn/r, 
peke; < ME. *peken, piken, peep ; appar. ult. a 
var. of peep'}.] To peep; look pryingly. 
peek 3 (pek), n. [Cf.peck*, woodpecker.] A wood- 
pecker. [Prov. Eng.] Green peek, the green wood- 
pecker, Gecinus ciridis. 
peek-a-boo (pek'a-bo), n. Same as bo-peep. 
peekee, piki (pe'ke), w. [Amer. Ind.] Cakes 
of Indian meal, very thin, and baked on hot 
stones, among the Indians of the southwestern 
United States. 
peel 1 (pel), v. [< ME. "pelcn, < OF. pcler, pel- 
ler, P. peler = Pr. pelar, pellar = Sp. pclar = 
Pg. pellar = It. pelare, strip (of skin, bark), 
pare, < OF. pel, < L. pcllix, skin: see pell 1 . 
The word was formerly also written pill, by 
confusion with pill, plunder, which was in 
turn erroneously written peel ; while the OF. 
peler, strip of skin or bark, is confused with 
peler, strip of hair, < L. pi 'lure, strip of hair: 
