Splayfoot
noun, plural splayfeet.
1.
a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
2.
Pathology. this condition as a deformity in which the arch is very low or absent and weight is borne on the entire sole; flatfoot.
adjective, Also, splayfooted
3.
of, relating to, or afflicted with splayfoot.
4.
clumsy or awkward.
noun (pl) -feet
1.
(pathol) another word for flatfoot (sense 1)
2.
a foot of which the toes are spread out, as in certain breeds of dog used in hunting waterfowl
splayfoot splay·foot (splā’fut’)
n.
See flatfoot.
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