Etymology

steganopodous

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Today it means: Having all four toes webbed together (said of birds of the former suborder Steganopodes). Full definition →

Ancient Greek στεγανός
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The story

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

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

Words from the same roots

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