Zygodactyl

2 definitions found

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

  Zygodactyl \Zyg`o*dac"tyl\, Zygodactyle \Zyg`o*dac"tyle\, n.
     [See {Zygodactylic}.] (Zool.)
     Any zygodactylous bird.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  zygodactyl
       adj : (of bird feet) having the first and fourth toes directed
             backward the second and third forward [ant: {heterodactyl}]