Podotheca

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.

    "Unlike the sheath of the bill, the podotheca is never simple and continuous, being divided and subdivided in various ways."

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"Unlike the sheath of the bill, the podotheca is never simple and continuous, being divided and subdivided in various ways."

Etymology

From podo- + theca.

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