ANISODACTYL | • anisodactyl adj. Characterized by anisodactyly. • ANISODACTYL n. a bird having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards. |
ARTIODACTYL | • artiodactyl n. (Zoology) Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including… • ARTIODACTYL n. an animal having an even number of toes on each foot, such as pig, camel, cattle, deer. |
BRACHYDACTYL | • BRACHYDACTYL adj. having abnormally short fingers and toes, also BRACHYDACTYLIC. |
DACTYL | • dactyl n. A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed… • -dactyl suff. (Chiefly zoology) digits. • dactyl- pref. Alternative form of dactylo-. |
DIDACTYL | • didactyl adj. (Zoology) Having only two toes, fingers or claws. • didactyl n. A didactyl animal. • DIDACTYL n. a creature with two toes, fingers or claws. |
ELEUTHERODACTYL | • ELEUTHERODACTYL n. of birds, having the hind toe free. |
HETERODACTYL | • heterodactyl adj. (Zoology) heterodactylous. • HETERODACTYL n. a heterodactylous bird. |
HYPERDACTYL | • HYPERDACTYL adj. having more than five fingers or toes. |
LEPTODACTYL | • leptodactyl adj. (Zoology) Having small or slender toes. • LEPTODACTYL n. a bird or other animal with long slender toes. |
MACRODACTYL | • macrodactyl n. One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. • MACRODACTYL n. one of a group of wading birds. |
OCTYL | • octyl n. (Organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C8H17, formally derived… • OCTYL n. a type of hydrocarbon radical. |
PACHYDACTYL | • PACHYDACTYL adj. having thick digits, also PACHYDACTYLOUS. |
PENTADACTYL | • pentadactyl adj. (Anatomy) Having five digits on a limb. • PENTADACTYL adj. having five fingers or toes to each hand or foot, also PENTADACTYLIC, PENTADACTYLOUS. • PENTADACTYL n. a pentadactyl animal, also PENTADACTYLE. |
PERISSODACTYL | • perissodactyl n. Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, including the horses… • PERISSODACTYL n. an animal of the Perissodactyla, a division of ungulates with an odd number of toes, including the horse, tapir and rhinoceros, also PERISSODACTYLE. |
POLYDACTYL | • polydactyl adj. Polydactylous. • polydactyl n. A polydactylous animal. • POLYDACTYL adj. having too many fingers or toes. |
PTERODACTYL | • pterodactyl n. (Paleontology) A pterosaur in the genus Pterodactylus. • pterodactyl n. (Informal) Any pterosaur. • PTERODACTYL n. any of various pterosaurs of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition, also PTERODACTYLE. |
SYNDACTYL | • syndactyl n. Alternative form of syndactyle. • SYNDACTYL adj. with digits joined together. • SYNDACTYL n. an animal with digits joined together. |
TETRADACTYL | • tetradactyl adj. (Anatomy) Having four digits on a limb. • tetradactyl n. Any animal having four digits on a limb. • TETRADACTYL n. a four-toed animal. |
TRIDACTYL | • tridactyl adj. (Anatomy) Having three digits on a limb. • tridactyl adj. (Biology) Composed of three movable parts attached to a common base. • tridactyl n. Any animal having three digits on a limb. |
ZYGODACTYL | • zygodactyl adj. Having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward; zygodactylous. • zygodactyl n. (Ornithology) Any bird with toes of this kind, such as the parrot. • ZYGODACTYL adj. having two toes pointing forward and two backwards. |