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What do you call your hands and feet?
The word “extremities” can be used to mean just the hands and feet (as in this related question), but it is more commonly used to mean not only the hands and feet, but also the rest of the limbs.
What is a word for fingers and toes?
Phalanges: The bones of the fingers and of the toes.
What do we call hands and legs together?
Hello!! Arms and legs together are called limbs for all the animals.
What is the general term for arms and legs?
wiktionary, extremity has a sense (among others) of “A hand or foot”. (It also has a sense of “A limb”, ie an arm or leg, so may be imperfect for your needs.) The terms appendage and appendages are relevant too, although rather less specific to hands and feet than are extremity and extremities.
What is the meaning of hand and foot?
: to provide everything that someone needs or wants : to act as a servant to (someone) I can’t stand the way they wait on her hand and foot! She waited on her children hand and foot.
What is the scientific word for feet?
Pes
The foot (plural: feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates….
Foot | |
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Latin | Pes |
MeSH | D005528 |
TA98 | A01.1.00.040 |
TA2 | 166 |
What is it called when someone can use both feet?
Ambipedal [adjective] 1. having the ability to use both feet equally well.
What is the medical term for hand?
The body part attached to the forearm at the wrist. It includes the wrist (carpus) with its eight bones, the metacarpus or body of the hand (ossa metacarpalia) having five bones, and the fingers (phalanges) with their 14 bones.
Where does the saying hand and foot come from?
The literal origin of the phrase comes from horse racing. To want a run for your money is to want a horse that you have placed a bet on to participate in the race. Sometimes a horse is withdrawn from a race after bettors have already placed money on it; those bettors did not get a run for their money.
What does the expression hand in hand mean?
Definition of hand in hand 1 : with hands clasped (as in intimacy or affection) walking hand in hand. 2 : in close association : together The chef works hand in hand with a nutritionist.
What are nicknames for feet?
What is another word for feet?
extremities | dogs |
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hoof | hooves |
tootsies |