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polydactyl

polydactyl adjective: polydactylous.

Adjective

polydactyl (not comparable)

  1. Polydactylous.

Noun

polydactyl (plural polydactyls)

  1. A polydactylous animal.

Forms of polydactyl

pluralpolydactyls

Origin of polydactyl

From Ancient Greek πολυδάκτυλος (poludáktulos), equivalent to poly- + -dactyl.

Questions about polydactyl

What does polydactyl mean?
Polydactyl means polydactylous.
What part of speech is polydactyl?
Polydactyl can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near polydactyl in the dictionary

  1. polycytokine
  2. polycytokines
  3. polycytosine
  4. polycytosines
  5. polydactily
  6. polydactyl
  7. polydactyle
  8. polydactyles
  9. polydactylies
  10. polydactylism
  11. polydactylisms

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