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fanfoot|ˈfænfʊt|
Pl. fanfeet, fanfoots.
[f. fan n.1 + foot n.]
a. A collectors' name for a moth of the family Hypeninæ.
b. A gecko of the genus Ptyodactylus, having fan-shaped toes; also called fan-footed gecko.
1832J. Rennie Butterfl. & Moths 146 Polypogon..The Common Fan-foot..The Clay Fan-foot. 1863W. Smith Dict. Bible II. s.v. Lizard, The Fan-Foot Lizard (Ptyodactylus Gecko). 1933Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. 764 The Fan-foot is abundant and distributed widely in Palestine. Ibid. 765 A Fan-footed Gecko brought in from the desert was turned loose in my room. 1961R. South Moths Brit. Isles (ed. 2) I. 393 The fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Treit.). Ibid. 394 The small fan-foot (Zanclognatha nemoralis Fab.). Ibid. 395 The dotted fan-foot (Zanclognatha cribrumalis Hübn.). The clay fan-foot (Paracolax derivalis Hübn.). Ibid. 396 The common fan-foot (Herminia barbalis Clerck). |