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 and divides as he-te-ro-dac-tyl under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.