taxeopodous

adjective

tax·​e·​op·​o·​dous

: having each or most of the tarsal or carpal bones of one row articulating with only one bone of the other row

—used especially of an ungulate mammal

—opposed to diplarthrous

Word History

Etymology

irregular from Greek taxis + English -podous

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