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heterocercal
heterochromatic
heterochromatin
heterochromosome
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heterochrony
heteroclite
heterocyclic
heterodactylous
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heterodactylous

het·er·o·dact·y·lous [ hèttərō dákt'ləss ] or het·er·o·dact·yl [ hèttərō dákt'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
with toes pointing in opposite directions: describes the feet of birds in which the first and second toes face backward and the third and fourth toes face forward.
See also  zygodactyl


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