anisodactylous

English edit

Etymology edit

From aniso- +‎ -dactyl +‎ -ous.

Adjective edit

anisodactylous (not comparable)

(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.

Translations edit

having three toes turned forward and one backward

Portuguese: anisodáctilo

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “anisodactylous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)