单词 | adactylous |
释义 | adactylous in British English (eɪˈdæktɪləs) adjective possessing no fingers or toes Word origin C19: from a-1 + dactyl + -ousadactylous in American English (eɪˈdæktələs) adjective lacking fingers or toes from birth Word origin a-2 + dactyl + -ousadactylous in American English (eiˈdæktləs) adjective Zoology having no fingers or toes Word origin [1855–60; a-6 + -dactylous]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: lavabo, output, pickup, pipeline, specialist-dactylous is a combining form meaning “fingered, possessing fingers,” or “toed, possessingtoes,” used to form compound words in which the initial element specifies the typeor number of fingers or toes. Other words that use the affix -dactylous include: anisodactylous, heterodactylous, leptodactylous, pamprodactylous |
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