dactylo-, dactyl-, dactylio-, -dactyl, -dactyla, -dactylia, -dactylic, -dactylism, -dactyloid, -dactylous, -dactyly
(Greek: finger, toe)
oxydactyl, oxydactylic (adjective); more oxydactyl, most oxydactyl; more oxydactylic, most oxydactylic
Characterized by slender toes: Amphibians that have oxydactyl digits are specifically those with long hind legs for jumping, like the frogs or toads.
pachydactyl
An abnormal thickening of the fingers and/or toes.
pachydactylous
Characterized by having thickened fingers and/or toes.
pachydactyly
Descriptive of having thickened fingers and/or toes.
pamprodactyl
Having all four toes directed forward, as with swifts and colies (slender, fruit-eating, African birds).
pamprodactylous
Having all the toes turned forward.
pentadactyl
Having five fingers on each hand or five toes on each foot.
pentadactylate
A reference to having five fingers or toes on each hand or foot.
pentadactylic
Relating to the existence of five fingers or toes on each hand or foot.
pentadactylism
The condition of having five digits on each hand and foot.
pentadactylous
Having five digits (fingers or toes), or five processes resembling fingers; such as, a star-fish.
pentadactyly
Having five digits on each limb.
All land vertebrates are said to have descended from an ancestor with a pentadactyl limb, although many species have lost or transformed some or all of their digits.
perissodactyl, perissodactylic
1. Having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
2. Any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd-toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and horses.
2. Any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd-toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and horses.
perissodactylism
The condition of being perissodactyl or having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot
perissodactylous
1. Having an odd number of digits on a hand or foot.
2. A reference to the Perissodactyla (a division of ungulate, or hoofed, mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros).
2. A reference to the Perissodactyla (a division of ungulate, or hoofed, mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros).