HETERODACTYLOUS

Meaning of HETERODACTYLOUS in English

/het'euh roh dak"teuh leuhs/ , adj. Ornith.

having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.

Also, heterodactyl .

[ 1850-55; HETERO- + -DACTYLOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HETERODACTYLOUS — -tələs adjective Etymology: heter- + -dactylous : having the first and second toes turned backward trogons are heterodactylous
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HETERODACTYLOUS — (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Английский словарь Webster
HETERODACTYLOUS — ( a. ) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HETERODACTYLOUS — adj having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Webster English vocab
TROGONIDAE — trōˈgänəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Trogon, type genus + -idae : a family (coextensive with the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HETERODACTYL — |hed.ərō|dakt ə l adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary heter- + -dactyl (from Greek daktylos finger, toe) : heterodactylous
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HETERODACTYL — (a.) Heterodactylous.
Английский словарь Webster
HETERODACTYL — ( a. ) Heterodactylous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HETERODACTYL — noun one of the heterodactylae. 2. heterodactyl ·adj heterodactylous.
Webster English vocab

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