Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ornithology, one of the callous pads or cushions on the under side of the toes.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology One of the pads on the undersurface of the toes of birds.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "cushion".

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