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Meaning of PERISTEROPODOUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pe*ris`ter*op"o*dous\, a. [Gr. ? a pigeon + ?,
?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds
that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.
 

 

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