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zygodactylæ

zygodactylæ is the obsolete spelling of zygodactylae.

Meaning of zygodactylae

Noun

zygodactylae pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense, applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.

Questions about zygodactylæ

What is zygodactylæ the obsolete spelling of?
Zygodactylæ is the obsolete spelling of zygodactylae.

Words near zygodactylæ in the dictionary

  1. zygodactylic
  2. zygodactylism
  3. zygodactylous
  4. zygodactyls
  5. zygodactyly
  6. zygodactylæ
  7. zygodont
  8. zygofabagine
  9. zygogenesis
  10. zygogenetic
  11. zygoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zygodactylæ (page history and authors); zygodactylae (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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