steganopod an (steganopod an)

[ webbed and a more or le developed gular pouch; the Tot i palm atæ. It is now usually divided into six families, Sulidæ, Pele can ide, Phalacrocoracidæ, Plotidæ, Tachypetidæ, and Phaëthontidæ, respectively represented by the gannets, pelicans, cormorants, darters, frigates, and tropic-birds. Dysporomorphæ, Pinnipedes, cormorant, frigate - bird, gannet, pelican, Phaethon, rough and Piscatores are synonyms. See cuts under anhinga, billed, and totipalmate. steganopodous (steg-a-nop'ō-dus), a. [ nopod + -ous.] Same as steganopod. Steganopus (ste-gan'ō-pus), n. [NL. (Vieillot, 1818): see steganopod.] A genus of phalaropes, having the toes margined with an even membrane, and the bill very long and slender. Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus wilson i). It includes Wilson's phalarope, S. a North Ameri stele