Foot

Foot

The foot (plural feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws or nails.

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Famous quotes containing the word foot:

    Whist Partner: Great Caesar’s Ghost. A woman! In the Club.
    Phileas Fogg: My dear, I must ask you to leave these precincts at once. No woman has ever set foot in the Club.
    Aouda: Why not?
    Phileas Fogg: Because that could spell the end of the British Empire.
    James Poe (1921–1980)

    Here Men from The Planet Earth
    First Set Foot upon The Moon
    July, 1969 AD
    We Came in Peace for All Mankind
    —Plaque left behind on the moon’s surface by the crew of Apollo 11.

    One foot in each great ocean
    Is a record stride or stretch.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)