syndactyl
[ sin-dak-til ]
/ sɪnˈdæk tɪl /
adjective
having certain digits joined together.
noun
a syndactyl animal.
Origin of syndactyl
First recorded in 1830–40; variant of
syndactylus
OTHER WORDS FROM syndactyl
syn·dac·tyl·ism [sin-dak-tuh-liz-uh m] /sɪnˈdæk təˌlɪz əm/, sin·dac·tyl·y [sin-dak-tuh-lee] /sɪnˈdæk tə li/, nounWords nearby syndactyl
syncytial knot,
syncytiotrophoblast,
syncytium,
synd,
synd.,
syndactyl,
syndactylia,
syndactylism,
syndactylous,
syndactylus,
syndactyly
Example sentences from the Web for syndactyl
About 22 per cent of their offspring are syndactyl—a rather higher proportion than we have found before.
Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl |Charles Benedict Davenport
British Dictionary definitions for syndactyl
syndactyl
/ (sɪnˈdæktɪl) /
adjective
(of certain animals) having two or more digits growing fused together
noun
an animal with this arrangement of digits