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ZYGODACTYL FOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zygodactyl foot mean? 

ZYGODACTYL FOOT (noun)
  The noun ZYGODACTYL FOOT has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ZYGODACTYL FOOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird's foot (the foot of a bird)

Antonym:

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


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