zygodactyl

1. 1.

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

   Antonymsheterodactyl

Questions about zygodactyl

What does zygodactyl mean?

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

How many syllables are in zygodactyl?

zygodactyl has 4 syllables and divides as zy-go-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 zygodactyl?

The recorded antonyms are heterodactyl.

Is zygodactyl a common word?

zygodactyl 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.