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zygodactyl

Definition of zygodactyl

adjective

  • (of a bird’s feet) having two toes pointing forward and two backward: the cuckoo’s zygodactyl toes

noun

  • a bird with zygodactyl feet.

Derivatives

zygodactylous

adjective

zygodactyly

noun

zygodactyl in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of zygodactyl in the US English dictionary
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