Ornithopus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bird's-foot \Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
     A papilionaceous plant, the {Ornithopus}, having a curved,
     cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.
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     {Bird's-foot trefoil}. (Bot.)


     (a) A genus of plants ({Lotus}) with clawlike pods. {Lotus
         corniculatas}, with yellow flowers, is very common in
         Great Britain.
     (b) the related plant, {Trigonella ornithopodioides}, is also
         European.
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