English

hemipode

From hemi- + -pode.

A compound of hemi- + -pode

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Today it means

noun Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.

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Etymograph / hemipode