Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having that structure of the feet which characterizes pigeons; peristeropod: said of gallinaceous birds. The pigeon-toed fowl are the mound-birds or Megapodidæ of the Old World and the curassows or Cracidæ of America.
  • Having the toes turned in: said of persons.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the toes turned in.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of pigeon-toed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having feet that turn inward

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Examples

  • "Mr. Robert," says I, standin 'pigeontoed and flushin' up some, "you remember that message from the bridge people -- Trimble, it was signed?"

    Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

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