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means A small passenger vehicle pulled or pedaled by a human driver, typically a tricycle, used for short-distance taxi rides in congested urban areas.

from A 20th-century blend of 'pedi-' (from Latin 'pes/pedis,' meaning foot) and 'cab' (short for 'cabriolet,' the horse-drawn carriage that lent taxis their name). It's a linguistic cousin of 'rickshaw,' which traveled a different route into English — borrowed from Japanese 'jinrikisha,' literally 'human-powered vehicle.' Both words describe the same ancient idea: wheels, a seat, and someone else's legs doing the work.