bird's foot

Definitions of bird's foot
  1. noun
    the foot of a bird
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    claw
    a bird's foot
    zygodactyl foot
    a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward
    heterodactyl foot
    a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward
    webbed foot
    a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes
    lobate foot
    a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides
    type of:
    animal foot, foot
    the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
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