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tetradactyl

tetradactyl adjective: having four digits on a limb.

Adjective

tetradactyl (not comparable)

  1. Having four digits on a limb.

Noun

tetradactyl (plural tetradactyls)

  1. Any animal having four digits on a limb.

tetradactyl meaning in Kannada

tetradactyl in Kannada

ಚತುರಂಗುಲಿ

Forms of tetradactyl

pluraltetradactyls

Origin of tetradactyl

From tetra- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Words formed from tetradactyl

Questions about tetradactyl

What does tetradactyl mean?
Tetradactyl means having four digits on a limb.
What is tetradactyl in Kannada?
Tetradactyl in Kannada is ಚತುರಂಗುಲಿ. See Tetradactyl meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is tetradactyl?
Tetradactyl can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tetradactyl in the dictionary

  1. tetracyclone
  2. tetracysteine
  3. tetracysteines
  4. tetrad
  5. tetrad of Fallot
  6. tetradactyl
  7. tetradactyle
  8. tetradactylous
  9. tetradactyls
  10. tetradactyly
  11. tetradarchies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tetradactyl (page history and authors); tetradactyl (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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