heterodactyl

1. 1.

   (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward

   Antonymszygodactyl

Questions about heterodactyl

What does heterodactyl mean?

heterodactyl means "(of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward".

How many syllables are in heterodactyl?

heterodactyl has 5 syllables: he-te-ro-dac-tyl. The stress falls on "ro".

What is the opposite of heterodactyl?

The recorded antonyms are zygodactyl.

Is heterodactyl a common word?

heterodactyl is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.