1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees.
Camden.
His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree.
Milton.
I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees.
Sir P. Sidney.
The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes.
Atterbury. 2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
Pediluvy
(Ped"i*lu`vy) n. [Pedi- + L. luere to wash: cf. It. & Sp. pediluvio, F. pédiluve.] The bathing of
the feet, a bath for the feet. [Obs.]
Pedimana
(||Pe*dim"a*na) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pes, pedis, foot + manus hand.] (Zoöl.) A division of
marsupials, including the opossums.
Pedimane
(Ped"i*mane) n. [Cf. F. pédimane.] (Zoöl.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
Pedimanous
(Pe*dim"a*nous) a. [See Pedimana.] (Zoöl.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the
first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.
Pediment
(Ped"i*ment) n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See Foot.] (Arch.) Originally, in classical architecture,
the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over
porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See
Temple.
Pedimental
(Ped`i*men"tal) a. Of or pertaining to a pediment.
Pedipalp
(Ped"i*palp) n. [Cf. F. pédipalpe.] (Zoöl.) One of the Pedipalpi.
Pedipalpi
(||Ped`i*pal"pi) n pl. [NL. See Pedipalpus.] (Zoöl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip
scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true
scorpions.
Pedipalpous
(Ped`i*pal"pous) a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.
