anisodactyles

pl. [Gr. ἄνισος (anisos) = unequal: av (an), priv., and ἴσος (isos) equal; (2) δάκτυλος ( daktulos ) = a finger or a toe.] Zool. Temminck's name for those inse orial birds which have toes of unequal length. ăn-i-so-dyn-a-mous, a . [Gr. (1) ἄνισος (anisos) = unequal: av (an), priv., and ἴσος (isos) equal; (2) δύναμις ( dunam is ) = power, strength; δύναμαι (dunamai) = to be able.] Bot. Of unequal strength. (Used of monocotyledonous plants which, when they germinate, grow with greater force on one side of their axis than on the other.