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pentadactyloid

pentadactyloid adjective: having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb; having an underlying structure that is a limb with five digits (although these may be fused or only exist in vestigial form).

Adjective

pentadactyloid (comparative more pentadactyloid, superlative most pentadactyloid)

  1. Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb; having an underlying structure that is a limb with five digits (although these may be fused or only exist in vestigial form).

Forms of pentadactyloid

comparativemore pentadactyloid
superlativemost pentadactyloid

Origin of pentadactyloid

From pentadactyl + -oid.

Questions about pentadactyloid

What does pentadactyloid mean?
Pentadactyloid means having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb; having an underlying structure that is a limb with five digits (although these may be fused or only exist in vestigial form).
What part of speech is pentadactyloid?
Pentadactyloid is an adjective.

Words near pentadactyloid in the dictionary

  1. pentad
  2. pentadactyl
  3. pentadactyle
  4. pentadactylic
  5. pentadactylism
  6. pentadactyloid
  7. pentadactylous
  8. pentadactyly
  9. pentadal
  10. pentadec-
  11. pentadeca-

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