“zygodactyl”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

zygodactyl

释义

zygodactyl, a. and n. Ornith.|zaɪgəʊˈdæktɪl, zɪg-|
Also -yle.
[See zygo- and dactyl.]
a. adj. Having the toes ‘yoked’ or arranged in pairs, i.e. two before and two behind, as the feet of a scansorial bird, or the bird itself; yoke-toed.
b. n. A yoke-toed bird. Also zygodacˈtylic, zygoˈdactylous adjs.[1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Zygodactyles, the name given by M. Temminck to an order of Climbing Birds.] 1828–32Webster, Zygodactylous.1831Gard. & Menag. Zool. Soc., Birds 73 By the structure of their toes, which are partially zygodactyle (the intermediate ones being turned forwards, and the two lateral ones most commonly taking the opposite direction).1835Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 445/1 Feet which accomplish these purposes are all zygodactylic, or yoke-toed.1890Coues Handbk. Ornithol. 187 The arrangement of toes in pairs, two before and two behind,..is called zygodactyl or zygodactylous.Ibid. 188 The true hind toe is wanting, the outer anterior one being reversed as usual in zygodactyls.

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