0 (of a bird's foot) having two toes pointing forwards and two toes pointing backwards:
the cuckoo's zygodactyl toes
1 a bird's foot that has two toes pointing forwards and two toes pointing backwards, or the bird itself:
Woodpeckers have zygodactyls.
All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back.
In common with other parrots, they have zygodactyl feet, two toes pointing forward and two backward.
Zygodactyl feet consist of four toes, the first (hallux) and the fourth facing backward and the second and third facing forward.
Although zygodactyl is reasonably descriptive of chameleon foot anatomy, their foot structure does not resemble that of parrots, to which the term was first applied.
They share the zygodactyl feet of the parrot family.
Roadrunners and other members of the cuckoo family have zygodactyl feet.
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet.
They are very finch-like but the feet are strong and the feet are zygodactyl, with two toes facing forward and two backward.
