Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
zygodactyl .
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- adjective ornithology Having two
toes pointing forward, and two toes pointing backward.
Etymologies
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Examples
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From the size of its bill, and the circumstance of its having two toes before and two behind, the bird intended to be represented would seem to belong to the zygodactylous order -- probably the toucan.
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This departure from the arrangement common to the toucan family, which is zygodactylous, seems to have escaped Stevens's attention.
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In this curious way came their zygodactylous bird.
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Read the rest here: zygodactylous Update - Toontle |
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"Saint Bernard et la Vierge," by the Master of the life of the Virgin, Cologne, the Virgin and Bernard stand in a mundane scene behind a low wall on which the baby Jesus sits; Bernard gazes at the child as Mary, with eyes lowered towards the saint, bares her left breast and holds it with the pseudo-zygodactylous gesture; Jesus touches her p/z hand, as Bernard touches the leg of Jesus with one hand while holding a book with the other; no milk.
Archive 2006-12-31 Terry Nelson 2007
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"Saint Bernard et la Vierge," by the Master of the life of the Virgin, Cologne, the Virgin and Bernard stand in a mundane scene behind a low wall on which the baby Jesus sits; Bernard gazes at the child as Mary, with eyes lowered towards the saint, bares her left breast and holds it with the pseudo-zygodactylous gesture; Jesus touches her p/z hand, as Bernard touches the leg of Jesus with one hand while holding a book with the other; no milk.
Modesty and Calvinism... Terry Nelson 2007
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zygodactylous Update - Toontle, hipmunk, vibram five fingers-shoes, marshfield fair, recalled eggs list, abby elliott Zygodactylous, Being a hippy huge.
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Barber, also, after taking exception to the idea that the supposed toucan carving represents a zygodactylous bird, adds in his article on Mound Pipes, pp. 280-281 (American Naturalist for April,
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