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anisodactylous

American  
[an-ahy-suh-dak-tl-uhs, an-ahy-] / ænˌaɪ səˈdæk tl əs, ˌæn aɪ- /
Also anisodactyl

adjective

  1. Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.

  2. Ornithology. having three toes directed forward and one backward.

Etymology

Origin of anisodactylous

aniso- + -dactylous

Example Sentences

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He read it: "Considerations concerning the alleged subterranean holophotal extemporaneousness of the conchyliaceous superimbrication of the Ornithorhyncus, as foreshadowed by the unintelligibility of its plesiosaurian anisodactylous aspects."

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark

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