STEGANOPUS
\stˈɛɡɐnˌɒpəs], \stˈɛɡɐnˌɒpəs], \s_t_ˈɛ_ɡ_ɐ_n_ˌɒ_p_ə_s]\
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ste-gan'[=o]-pus, n. a genus of phalaropes with long slender bill.--adjs. STEG'ANOPOD, STEGANOP'ODOUS, having all four toes webbed, totipalmate.--n.pl. STEGANOP'ODES, an order of swimming birds, with all four toes webbed and a gular pouch--cormorants, frigate-birds, pelicans, gannets. [Gr. steganos, covered, pous, podos, foot.]
By Thomas Davidson