PEDICLE


Meaning of PEDICLE in English

/ped"i keuhl/ , n. Zool.

a small stalk or stalklike support, as the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen in certain arachnids.

[ 1555-65; pediculus, dim. of pes (s. ped- ) FOOT. See PEDI-, -CLE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .