pamprodactyladj.
/ˌpamprə(ʊ)ˈdakt(ᵻ)l/, U.S. /ˌpæmproʊˈdækt(ə)l/ Ornithology.
= pamprodactylous adj.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of toes or claws > having particular type of
zygodactylous1828
yoke-toed1831
zygodactyl1831
anisodactylic1834
zygodactylic1835
lark-heeled1837
short-toed1837
heterodactylous1854
pair-toed1868
sympelmous1885
pamprodactylous1889
pigeon-toed1890
pamprodactyl1934
synpelmous-
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1761/3 Pamprodactyl, having the toes turned forward, as the colies and certain swifts.
1983 Auk 100 735/1 One of these types, the pamprodactyl foot, is characterized as having all four toes ordinarily directed forward.
1999 Smithsonian Contrib. Paleobiol. No. 89. 217 The pamprodactyl foot, with unusually short toes and comparatively long tarsometatarsus and tibiotarsus, is the most characteristic feature of the new genus.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1934