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pet⋅ti⋅toes

  [pet-ee-tohz]
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–plural noun
1. the feet of a pig, esp. used as food.
2. the human toes or feet, esp. those of a child.
Origin:
1545–55; pl. of obs. pettytoe offal < MF petite oye giblets of a goose, equiv. to petite petite + oye goose < LL avica; see ocarina
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pet·ti·toes   (pět'ē-tōz')   
pl.n.  
  1. The feet of a pig used as food.
  2. Human feet or toes, especially those of a child.

[Possibly from earlier pettytoe, offal (influenced by petty and toe), possibly from Old French petite oye, giblets of a goose : petite, small + oye, goose (from Late Latin auca; see ocarina).]
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Pettitoes

Pet"ti*toes\, n. pl. [Petty + toes.] The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet. --Shak.
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