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Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..

Acrodactylum :: Acrodactylum (n.) The upper surface of the toes, individually..

Pterosaur :: Pterosaur (n.) A pterodactyl.

Kittiwake :: Kittiwake (n.) A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes..

Pentadactyle :: Pentadactyle (a.) Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.

Pteranodon :: Pteranodon (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more..

Perissodactyla :: Perissodactyla (n. pl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla..

Pentadactyl :: Pentadactyl (a.) Alt. of Pentadactyl.

Tetradactylous :: Tetradactylous (a.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand..

One-hand :: One-hand (a.) Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology..

Fanfoot :: Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes..

Spondee :: Spondaical (a.) Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot..

Dactylitis :: Dactylitis (n.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers.

Dactyliology :: Dactyliology (n.) That branch of archaeology which has to do with gem engraving.

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

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

Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..

Tridactyle :: Tridactyle (a.) Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base..

Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..

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

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