Definition of tetradactyl in English:
tetradactyl
adjective ˌtɛtrəˈdaktɪlˌtetrəˈdaktl
Zoology (of a vertebrate limb) having four toes or fingers.
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike other tetradactyl salamanders, S. keyserlingii normally has the fifth tarsale, developing to fuse later with the fourth tarsale.
- These precocious (Late Triassic) tetradactyl fliers developed a unique wing predicated upon a greatly elongated fourth finger.
- The basic avian foot is tetradactyl.
- Are trackways known in which the hind-foot impressions are tetradactyl with long, very narrow unguals?
- In 1991, a single track of a tetradactyl tetrapod was found in a white/grey sandstone near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.