“Three-toed”

The following 3 entries include the term Three-toed.

three-toed sloth

noun

: any of a genus (Bradypus) of sloths having three clawed digits on each foot and eight or nine vertebrae in the neck compare two-toed sloth

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three-toed plover

noun

: golden plover

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three-toed woodpecker

noun

: any of several boreal woodpeckers of the genus Picoides in which the inner digit is lacking or vestigial

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