Definition of "pes" [pes]

• A foot or footlike part, especially the foot of a four-footed vertebrate. (noun)

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• "It's part of the phrase pes Petruś pava-c traula-c."
• "When other groups of muscles are affected at the same time, compound deformities, such as pes calcaneo-valgus, are more likely to result."
• "The president soon will face a fundamental strategic choice: whether to bend to the power of larger Republican House and Senate contingents in ho pes of accomplishing a few goals, or to resist them and risk the onset of full political gridlock."