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What does zygodactylous mean?

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  1. (ornithology) Having two toes pointing forward, and two toes pointing backward.
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This zygodactylous feet also enable the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot to hang upside down to reach otherwise inaccessible fruits or flowers.
Most Cuckoos have moderately sized, slightly down curved bills, medium to long wings and zygodactylous feet.
The feet of most woodpeckers are large and zygodactylous, meaning two toes point forward and two backward on each foot.
Scansores, or Climbing, frequently called Zygodactyli or zygodactylous birds.
The feet are zygodactylous, with two toes pointed forward and two toes pointed backward.
It is the characteristic short, thick tarsometatarsus or tarsus, as the entire region is called and the zygodactylous long, strong toes that enable parrots to climb and manipulate objects so ably.

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