a. [ L. alipes; ala wing + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. alipède. ] (Zool.) Wing-footed, as the bat. -- n. An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ #), } a. [ L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot. ] Having anomalous feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Calipash ] A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted from caliber. ] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight. --
Vernier calipers. See Vernier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Calipee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Calipers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pendēre to hang. ] (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Philopena. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. li`pos fat + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. li`pos fat + 'ai^ma blood. ] (Med.) The presence of an abnormally high concentration of lipid in the blood. Called also hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipidemia, lipoidemia. [ PJC ]

n. [ Maxilla + L. pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zool.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The same Milleped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scopulae, pl., a little broom (fr. scopae a broom) + pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zool.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Slip, v. ] Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. solipède, It. solipede, Sp. solipedo; apparently fr. L. solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot; but probably fr. L. solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See Solid, and Pedal. ] (Zool.) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. [ Written also solipede. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having single hoofs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles. ] (Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; T. equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. calcaneus (called also talus), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender. ] To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise. [ 1913 Webster ]

To vilipend the art of portrait painting. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disesteem; slight; disparagement. [ R. ] E. Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]