Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
heterodactyl . - In ornithology, having that arrangement of the digits which is peculiar to trogons; of or pertaining to the Heterodactyli.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having the first and second
toes turnedbackward , as in thetrogons .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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