Podotheca definitions

Podotheca

• (n.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/podotheca/

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podotheca

(from the article `passeriform`) The lower leg of passerines, the tarsometatarsus (usually called simply the tarsus), is normally covered by a horny sheath (podotheca). Exceptions ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/83

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Podotheca

Pod`o·the'ca noun ; plural Podothecæ . [ New Latin , from Greek poy`s , podo`s , foot + ... case.] (Zoology) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/114

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podotheca

podotheca, podothecal The scaly leg-covering of a bird or reptile; also, the sheath covering the leg of an insect.
Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2133/3

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podotheca

The tough skin covering the tarsus.
Found on https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/bird-academys-a-to-z-glossary-of-bird-ter

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Podotheca

Horny covering of unfeathered part of leg.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22222

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