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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes [syn: clubfoot, talipes]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin talus ankle + pes foot — more at foot Date: circa 1841 clubfoot

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Med. = club-foot. Etymology: mod.L f. L talus ankle + pes foot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Talipes Tal"i*pes, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot. Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; T. equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. calcaneus (called also talus), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Surgery.) Club-foot.