pedate adjective. ['pɛdeɪt] M18.
[Latin pedatus having feet, from ped-, pes foot: see -ATE².]
1. Having divisions like the claws of a bird's foot; spec. in Botany, (of a leaf etc.) palmately divided with the outer leaflets or lobes stalked and freq. further subdivided. M18.

2. Zoology. Having feet, footed. rare. E19.

■ pedately adverb E19.

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