Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peristeropodous \Pe*ris`ter*op"o*dous\, a. [Gr. ? a pigeon + ?,
   ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds
   that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.