synallaxine

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adjective

Having the outer and middle toes partially united (said of certain birds related to the creepers).

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectivesynallaxine (not comparable)
  1. datednot comparablebiologyHaving the outer and middle toes partially united (said of certain birds related to the creepers).

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσυναλλάσσω“bring into contact”
  2. Englishsynallaxine

From Ancient Greek συναλλάσσω (sunallássō, “bring into contact”) + -ine.

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