"Greek foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Greek feet [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), qualified to distinguish it from other measures of the foot. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|grc|πούς|t=foot}} Calque of Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) Head templates: {{en-noun|Greek feet}} Greek foot (plural Greek feet)
  1. The ancient Greek, Byzantine, or early modern Greek unit of distance derived from the shod foot and roughly equivalent to the English foot unit. Synonyms: pous
    Sense id: en-Greek_foot-en-noun-nf-7LIi0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Greek feet [plural]
Etymology: From Greek artists' preference for bare feet exhibiting a second toe longer than the hallux, as opposed to the Egyptian statues which used a longer big toe. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|Greek feet}} Greek foot (countable and uncountable, plural Greek feet)
  1. (countable, chiefly art) A foot with a second toe longer than the hallux. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-Greek_foot-en-noun-xKADtlup Topics: art, arts
  2. (countable, uncountable, medicine) Morton's toe Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-Greek_foot-en-noun-osjwzLgr Disambiguation of Units of measure: 35 8 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 8 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 4 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 8 61 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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