hemipod, -pode
(ˈhɛmɪpɒd, -pəʊd)
[ad. mod.L. hēmipodius (Temminck's generic name), f. Gr. ἡµι- hemi- + πούς, ποδ-ός foot.]
A member of the genus Hemipodius, or Turnix, of three-toed quail-like birds; a bush-quail, ortygan.
| 1862 Trans. Zool. Soc. V. 149 Certain border-groups..the Sand-Grouse, the Hemipodes, and the Tinamous. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 147 One species, T[urnix] sylvatica, inhabits Barbary and southern Spain, and under the name of Andalucian Hemipode has been included..among British Birds as a reputed straggler. 1893 Newton Dict. Birds, Hemipode, a recognized English rendering of Temminck's generic name Hemipodius (1815)..for a small group of birds some of which Anglo-Indians often call ‘Bustard-Quails’ or ‘Button-Quails’. |
So hemiˈpodiine a., allied to the Hemipodes.
| 1862 Trans. Zool. Soc. V. 189 The Galline, Columbine, or Hemipodiine types. |