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talipes的意思

talipes

英 ['tælɪpiːz] 美
  • n. 畸形足(等于clubfoot)

talipes

英文词源


talipes (n.)
"club-foot, deformed foot," from Latin talus "ankle" (see talus (n.1)) + pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). The notion seems to be "walking on the ankles."