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Webster 1913 Edition


Peristeropodous

Pe-risˊter-op′o-dous

,
Adj.
[Gr.
περιστερά
a pigeon +
πούς
,
ποδός
, foot.]
(Zool.)
Having pigeonlike feet; – said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.