Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unequal-toed; having the toes unlike
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Characterized by
unequal toes , three turnedforward and onebackward , as in mostpasserine birds .
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Examples
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I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyneus, and rotten to the heart with holophotal subterranean extemporaneousness.
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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One day there came a note from the editor requiring me to write ten pages on this revolting text: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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He read it: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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One day there came a note from the editor requiring me to write ten pages -- on this revolting text: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
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I seldom say a harsh word to any one, but I was not master of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an anisodactylous plesiosaurian conchyliaceous Ornithorhyncus, and rotten to the heart with holoaophotal subterranean extemporaneousness.
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
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Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects. "
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
qms commented on the word anisodactylous
My myna bird, far gone in booze,
Can mime a bird in blameless snooze.
He's anisodactylous
So even if crapulous
He'll perch upright on iron thews.
July 13, 2015