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Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.

To practice walking; to travel on foot.

Going on foot; not winged. [Obs.] "Pedestrious animals." Sir T. Browne.

Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.] That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. Sydney Smith.

Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.

Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal. Dana.

Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene and diseases of children.

ports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower.

Pedicellate.

and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell- shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.

Same as Pedicel.

Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy. Southey.

Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.

An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Angler and Batfish.

Phthiriasis.

A pedicel.