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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zygodactylic  \Zyg`o*dac"ty*lic\,  Zygodactylous 
  \Zyg`o*dac"tyl*ous\  (?;  277),  a.  [Gr.  ?  a  yoke,  pair  +  ?  finger, 
  toe:  cf  F.  zygodactyle.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Yoke-footed;  having  the  toes  disposed  in  pairs;  --  applied  to 
  birds  which  have  two  toes  before  and  two  behind,  as  the 
  parrot,  cuckoo,  woodpecker,  etc 

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