-ˌfaps noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pezos walking, on foot + phaps wild pigeon; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot
: a genus of birds (family Rhaphidae) constituted by the extinct solitaire
-ˌfaps noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pezos walking, on foot + phaps wild pigeon; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot
: a genus of birds (family Rhaphidae) constituted by the extinct solitaire
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012