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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In ornithology, having the tarsal envelop, or podotheca, divided by scutellation or reticulation: the opposite of holothecal.
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Zoological Terms
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papilionaceous, actinost, gressorial, exuviate, nitid, trochal, demiss, loculus, crebrity, limes, pachytrichous, pachydactyl and 319 more...
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pterylosis, picifautor, gressorial, exuviate, stragulum, philornithic, pinguinitescent, parvirostrate, schizorhinal, schizothecal, schismatic, fuliginous and 76 more...
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biocon Schizothecal means "having the podotheca (the scaly covering of the foot of a bird or other sauropsid) divided by scutellation or reticulation" (Oxford English Dictionary). Jul 13, 2011