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podotheca

podotheca noun: the scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.

Noun

podotheca (plural podothecae)

  1. The scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.
    • Unlike the sheath of the bill, the podotheca is never simple and continuous, being divided and subdivided in various ways.1903, Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds
    • The character of the tarsal podotheca is a useful generic character but too variable to use in delimiting the subfamilies .1912, Joel Asaph Allen, Historical and Nomenclatorial Notes on North American Sheep, page 262

Forms of podotheca

pluralpodothecae

Origin of podotheca

From podo- + theca.

Questions about podotheca

What does podotheca mean?
Podotheca means the scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.
What part of speech is podotheca?
Podotheca is a noun.
What is the plural of podotheca?
The plural of podotheca is podothecae.

Words near podotheca in the dictionary

  1. podostemaceous
  2. podostemoid
  3. podostemoids
  4. podostemonaceous
  5. podotactile
  6. podotheca
  7. podothecae
  8. podothecal
  9. podotrochlear
  10. podotrochlosis
  11. podoviral

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