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Tetradactyle :: Tetradactyle (a.) Tetradactylous.

Pentadactyle :: Pentadactyle (a.) Having five digits to the hand or foot.

#NAME? :: -tyla (pl. ) of Hypodactylu.

Dactylopterous :: Dactylopterous (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards..

Discodactylous :: Discodactylous (a.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs..

Perissodactyla :: Perissodactyla (n. pl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla..

One-hand :: One-hand (a.) Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology..

Macrodactylic :: Macrodactylic (a.) Alt. of Macrodactylou.

Syndactylous :: Syndactylic (a.) Syndactilous.

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..

Tarente :: Tarente (n.) A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins..

Fanfoot :: Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes..

Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

Didactylous :: Didactylous (a.) Having only two digits; two-toed.

Dactylozooid :: Dactylozooid (n.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora..

Macrodactylous :: Macrodactylous (a.) Having long toes.

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Logaoedic :: Logaoedic (a.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.

Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..

Discodactylia :: Discodactylia (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs..

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