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单词 pigeon-toed
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pigeon-toedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪdʒ(ᵻ)ntəʊd/, /ˌpɪdʒ(ᵻ)nˈtəʊd/, U.S. /ˈpɪdʒ(ə)nˌtoʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pigeon n., toed adj.
Etymology: < pigeon n. + toed adj.
1. Esp. of a person or a horse: having toes or feet that turn inwards; turning the toes or feet inwards.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of foot
hurleda1500
splay-footed1545
polt-foot?1589
polt-footed1589
club-footed1591
stump-foot1593
flat-footed1601
stump-footed1602
feetless1614
splay-foot1622
splatter-footeda1644
shauchled1737
hurl-footed1752
parrot-toed1764
splaw1767
pigeon-toed1786
bumble-footed1823
in-toed1835
chicken-toed1859
infooted1899
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of feet > in particular position when standing
pigeon-toed1786
toe-wide1891
toe-narrow1903
1786 F. Pilon He would be Soldier ii. 23 No raw recruit on the first day of drilling was ever more pigeon-toed.
1801 Sporting Mag. 17 119 When the horse is pigeon-toed, that is turns his toes inwards.
1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 196 The pigeon-toed step, and the rollicking motion, Bespoke them two genuine sons of the Ocean.
1910 J. Addams Twenty Years at Hull-House i. 7 I prayed..that the ugly, pigeon-toed little girl..would never be pointed out to these visitors as the daughter of this fine man.
1976 A. White Long Silence i. 6 It does my heart good to see these lads come here pigeon-toed and flat-chested and go out..holding themselves upright.
1991 Horse & Horseman July 35/3 The more splay-footed..or pigeon-toed..a horse is, the more caution should be taken.
2. Ornithology. Of a bird: having feet similar to those of pigeons, with the hind toe inserted at the same level as the other toes. Cf. peristeropod adj. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of toes or claws > having particular type of
zygodactylous1828
yoke-toed1831
zygodactyl1831
anisodactylic1834
zygodactylic1835
lark-heeled1837
short-toed1837
heterodactylous1854
pair-toed1868
sympelmous1885
pamprodactylous1889
pigeon-toed1890
pamprodactyl1934
synpelmous-
1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The pigeon-toed fowl are the mound-birds or Megapodidæ of the Old World and the curassows or Cracidæ of America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1786
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