heterodactylous

English

Etymology

Adjective

heterodactylous (not comparable)

(zoology) Having the first and second toes turned backward
trogons are heterodactylous

heterodactylous legs

References

“heterodactylous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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