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triphalangeal

triphalangeal adjective: having three phalanges (especially when the usual number is two).

Adjective

triphalangeal (not comparable)

  1. Having three phalanges (especially when the usual number is two)

Origin of triphalangeal

From tri- + phalangeal.

Questions about triphalangeal

What does triphalangeal mean?
Triphalangeal means having three phalanges (especially when the usual number is two).
What part of speech is triphalangeal?
Triphalangeal is an adjective.

Words near triphalangeal in the dictionary

  1. tripfag
  2. tripfags
  3. tripflare
  4. tripflares
  5. Tripgate
  6. triphalangeal
  7. triphallic
  8. triphammer
  9. triphammers
  10. triphane
  11. triphanes

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