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“zygodactyl”
zygodactyl, zygodactylous (adjective) (not comparable)
A description of the feet of birds in which the second and third toes face forward and the first and fourth toes face backward: While walking in the woods, Samantha saw a cuckoo that had zygodactyl digits on its feet, like the photo in her biology book.
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dactylo-, dactyl-, dactylio-, -dactyl, -dactyla, -dactylia, -dactylic, -dactylism, -dactyloid, -dactylous, -dactyly
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zygo-, zyg-, -zygous; zygomatico- +
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