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.
The legs are dark-brown, with zygodactyl toes.
Although in the four-toed species, the toes normally have a zygodactyl or yoked arrangement while on the ground, one toe can be rotated forward for climbing.
Cockatoos share many features with other parrots, including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with the two middle toes forward and the two outer toes backward.
One of the most important distinguishing features of the family are the feet, which are zygodactyl, meaning that the two inner toes point forward and the two outer backward.
Woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks all possess 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.
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet.
Roadrunners and other members of the cuckoo family have zygodactyl feet.
