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antiopelmous

antiopelmous adjective: of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.

Adjective

antiopelmous (not comparable)

  1. Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.

Origin of antiopelmous

From Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposed”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.

Questions about antiopelmous

What does antiopelmous mean?
Antiopelmous means of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
What part of speech is antiopelmous?
Antiopelmous is an adjective.

Words near antiopelmous in the dictionary

  1. antioncogenes
  2. antioncogenetic
  3. antioncogenic
  4. antioomycete
  5. Antiope
  6. antiopelmous
  7. antiopera
  8. antioperas
  9. antiophidian
  10. antiophidic
  11. antiopiate

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