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Two-hand :: Two-hand (a.) Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology..

Zygodactyl :: Zygodactyl (n.) Alt. of Zygodactyl.

Hexameter :: Hexameter (a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees..

Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..

Tridactylous :: Tridactylous (a.) Tridactyl.

Leptodactyl :: Leptodactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having slender toes.

Palmidactyles :: Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet..

Pachydactyl :: Pachydactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.

Dactylology :: Dactylology (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.

Pterodactyl :: Pterodactyl (n.) An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

Anisodactylous :: Anisodactylous (a.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds..

Pterosauria :: Pterosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria..

Polydactylism :: Polydactylism (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.

Pentadactyle :: Pentadactyle (a.) Having five digits to the hand or foot.

Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Ruminantia :: Ruminantia (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies..

Dactylopterous :: Dactylopterous (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards..

Dactylist :: Dactylist (n.) A writer of dactylic verse.

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