schizopelmous

English

Etymology

From schizo- + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“the sole of the foot”).

Adjective

schizopelmous (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “schizopelmous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)