Hallux Synonyms

The number of toes is four, unless the hallux is more or less reduced.

Order Colymbiformes.-Plantigrade, nidifugous, aquatic. All toes webbed, fourth largest, hallux short; metatarsus laterally compressed; tibia with high, pyramidal crest.

The hind-limb is typically avine, with intertarsal joint, distally reduced fibula, and the three elongated metatarsals which show already considerable anchylosis; reduction of the toes to four, with 2, 3, 4 and 5 phalanges; the hallux is separate, and as usual in recent birds posterior in position.

Overall, hallux valgus angle was reduced by a mean of 11 degrees and intermetatarsal angle by a mean of 2 degrees.

And shoes that push the toes together, force the big toe into a hallux valgus position.