syndactyl

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪnˈdæktɪl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sin dak′til)


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syn•dac•tyl  (sin dak′til),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Pathology, Zoologyhaving certain digits joined together.

n. 
  1. Zoologya syndactyl animal.
  • 1830–40; variant of syndactylus
syn•dac•tyl•ism  (sin dak′tə liz′əm),USA pronunciation sin•dac•tyl•y  (sin dak′tə lē),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
syndactyl / sɪnˈdæktɪl/
  1. (of certain animals) having two or more digits growing fused together
  1. an animal with this arrangement of digits
synˈdactyly, synˈdactylism

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