Meaning of BIRD'S FOOT
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| | Definition: | | [n] the foot of a bird |
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| | See Also: | | animal foot, bird, claw, foot, heterodactyl foot, lobate foot, talon, webbed foot, zygodactyl foot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
A papilionaceous plant, the {Ornithopus}, having a curved,
cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.
{Bird's-foot trefoil}. (Bot.)
(a) A genus of plants ({Lotus}) with clawlike pods. {L.
corniculatas}, with yellow flowers, is very common in
Great Britain.
(b) the related plant, {Trigonella ornithopodioides}, is also
European.
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