vertebrate foot, pedal extremity

the extremity of the limb in vertebrates

• animal foot, foot — a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being
• foot, human foot, pes — the foot of a human being

• extremity, appendage, member — an external body part that projects from the body

• metatarsus — the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds
• tarsus — the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively

• vertebrate, craniate — animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
• leg — a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion