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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEMIPODE

Hem "i *pode, n. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hemipode

hemipode |ˈhɛmɪpəʊd | ▶noun another term for button-quail. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Hemipodius (former genus name ), from Greek hēmi - ‘half ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’.