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polydactylous

polydactylous adjective: having more than the normal number of digits.

Adjective

polydactylous (not comparable)

  1. Having more than the normal number of digits.
    • A polydactylous cat may have six or more toes on its paw.
    • Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.2016 February 10, “Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polydactylous

alternative formpolydactyl

Origin of polydactylous

From polydactyl + -ous.

Questions about polydactylous

What does polydactylous mean?
Polydactylous means having more than the normal number of digits.
What part of speech is polydactylous?
Polydactylous is an adjective.

Words near polydactylous in the dictionary

  1. polydactyle
  2. polydactyles
  3. polydactylies
  4. polydactylism
  5. polydactylisms
  6. polydactylous
  7. polydactyls
  8. polydactyly
  9. polydaemonism
  10. polydaemonist
  11. polydaemonistic

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