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polydactyl, a. (n.)|pɒlɪˈdæktɪl|
Also -yle.
[a. F. polydactyle, ad. Gr. πολυδάκτυλος many-toed; see poly- and dactyl.]
Having more than the normal number of fingers or toes. b. n. A polydactyl animal. So polyˈdactylism [so F. -isme], polyˈdactyly, the condition of being polydactyl; polyˈdactylous a. = polydactyl adj.
1894Bateson Variation 324 Some normal cats belonging to this family gave birth to *polydactyle kittens.
1865Pall Mall G. 19 Aug. 9/2 You will entail on your grand⁓children sterility, *polydactylism, and all sorts of physical and moral imperfections. 1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. II. xii. 12 Polydactylism graduates by multifarious steps from a mere cutaneous appendage, to a double band.
1858Mayne Exp. Lex., *Polydactylous. 1899Q. Rev. Oct. 412 Cæsar's favourite horse was polydactylous, and so was Alexander's Bucephalus.
1886J. B. Sutton in Proc. Zool. Soc. 552 The majority of cases of *polydactyly occurring in Horses. |