pedetes

[Gr. pēdētēs =a leaper; pēdaō =to leap.] Zool.: The name given by Illiger to, and more generally used for, the genus called by F. Cuvier Helamys (q. v.). pěd-ě-ti-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. pedet (es); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Zool .: A sub-family of Dipodide, with the single genus Pedetes or Helamys. pěd-1-, pref. [Lat. pes (gen it. ped is )=a foot.] Connected with or resembling a foot.