heteropelmous

adjective

het·​er·​o·​pel·​mous

-¦pelməs

: having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid with the branches of one going to the first and second toes and those of the other to the third and fourth toes

Word History

Etymology

heter- + -pelmous

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