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monodactylous

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mon⋅o⋅dac⋅ty⋅lous

  [mon-uh-dak-tl-uhs]
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–adjective Zoology.
having only one digit or claw.
Also, mon⋅o⋅dac⋅tyl.

Origin:
1820–30; < Gk monodáktylos one-fingered, one-toed. See mono-, -dactylous

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅dac⋅tyl⋅ism, mon⋅o⋅dac⋅ty⋅ly, noun
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mon·o·dac·tyl   (mŏn'ə-dāk'təl)   
n.  An animal having only one toe, digit, or claw on each extremity.
mon'o·dac'ty·lous adj.
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