animal foot

/ˌænəməl fʊt/

Other forms: animal feet

Definitions of animal foot

1. noun

   the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
   synonyms: foot

   types:

   fossorial foot

   foot adapted for digging as in moles

   hoof

   the foot of an ungulate mammal

   bird's foot

   the foot of a bird

   webfoot

   a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin

   trotter

   foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food

   forefoot

   a front foot of a quadruped

   hindfoot

   a rear foot of a quadruped

   paw

   a clawed foot of an animal, especially a quadruped

   cloven foot, cloven hoof

   a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)

   claw

   a bird's foot

   zygodactyl foot

   a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward

   heterodactyl foot

   a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward

   webbed foot

   a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes

   lobate foot

   a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides

   horse's foot

   the hoof of a horse

   forepaw

   front paw; analogous to the human hand

   type of:

   pedal extremity, vertebrate foot

   the extremity of the limb in vertebrates