peristeropodous

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -podous.

Adjective

peristeropodous (comparative more peristeropodous, superlative most peristeropodous)

  1. (ornithology, archaic) Having feet like those of a pigeon; said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, such as curassows and megapods.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “peristeropodous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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