heteropelmous

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English

Etymology

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

Adjective

heteropelmous (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes.

Coordinate terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “heteropelmous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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