Things Usually Held While Facing Backward Crossword Clue

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	noun • an implement used to propel or steer a boat
	41%	8		They have a zygodactyl foot arrangement, with two toes facing forward and two facing backward
	noun • a parrot subfamily
	41%	13		These birds have three forward-facing toes and one backward-facing toe
	noun • largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows (Passeriformes)

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