Bird's-foot
Pronunciation : Bird's"-foot`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European.
(Bot.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913