Etymology

steganopod

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Today it means: Any of the Steganopodes, a former suborder of birds having four toes webbed together. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στεγανός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστεγανός“cover, roof”
  2. English todaysteganopod

From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -pod.

Words from the same roots

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