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

Unciform :: Unciform (n.) The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.

Pachydactyl :: Pachydactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.

Pterodactyl :: Pterodactyl (n.) An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

Pachy- :: Pachy- () A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl..

Pachydactylous :: Pachydactylous (a.) Having thick toes.

Zygodactylae :: Zygodactylae (n. pl.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds..

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

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..

Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.

Palmidactyles :: Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet..

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 herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..

Artiodactyle :: Artiodactyle (n.) One of the Artiodactyla.

Elegiac :: Elegiac (a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter..

Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..

Zygodactyli :: Zygodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Scansores.

Heterodactylae :: Heterodactylae (n. pl.) A group of birds including the trogons.

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

Didactyl :: Didactyl (n.) An animal having only two digits.

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