HETERODACTYL FOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterodactyl foot mean? 

• HETERODACTYL FOOT (noun)
  The noun HETERODACTYL FOOT has 1 sense:

1. a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward

  Familiarity information: HETERODACTYL FOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETERODACTYL FOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("heterodactyl foot" is a kind of...):

bird's foot (the foot of a bird)

Antonym:

zygodactyl foot (a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward)