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syndactyl, a. and n.|sɪnˈdæktɪl|
Also -yle.
[a. F. syndactyle (Cuvier), f. Gr. σύν syn-1 + δάκτυλος finger, dactyl.]
a. adj. Having some or all of the fingers or toes wholly or partly united, as certain mammals (e.g. kangaroos) and birds (e.g. kingfishers and web-footed birds).
b. n. A syndactyl animal. So syndacˈtylic, synˈdactylous adjs.; synˈdactylism, synˈdactyly [F. syndactylie], the condition of being syndactyl, esp. as a malformation or deformity; synˈdactylized ppl. a., rendered syndactyl.
1836Swainson Nat. Hist. Birds i. iv. I. 148 This union of the two outer toes, which, according to M. Cuvier's views, makes them *syndactyle. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 178 The middle and outer toes are perfectly coherent for a great distance, constituting the syndactyle..foot.
1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 267/1 note, The inner toe being deficient; and the two other anterior ones being united as in the other *Syndactyles. 1840Whewell Philos. Induct. Sci. I. Introd. p. cxi, To anglicize the terminations of the names which..Cuvier gives..; thus..the Passerines,..the Syndactyls.
1835Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 441/2 *Syndactylic feet. These [birds] have all the three front toes united.
1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 555/1 *Syndactylism in the lower extremity is less rare,..it is not uncommon to see two of the toes united as far as the first interphalangeal joint. 1915Man XV. 176 Photographs and skiographs of members of a family showing hereditary syndactylism and polydactylism.
1908Biometrika Mar. 27 When two fingers are closely *syndactylised the nails are also united.
1835Penny Cycl. IV. 156/2 Bee-eater..one..of the *syndactylous tribe, which have the external toe nearly as long as the middle one, and both joined together up to the penultimate articulation. 1898Guide Mammalia Brit. Mus. 109 The feet [of wombats] show a slight tendency towards a syndactylous structure.
1864Reader 13 Feb. 205/2 Union by integument, or ‘*syndactyly’, of the three middle digits. |