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polydactyl

[pol-ee-dak-til]

pol·y·dac·tyl

[pol-ee-dak-til]
adjective Also, pol·y·dac·tyl·ous.
1.
having many or several digits.
2.
having more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
noun
3.
a polydactyl animal.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1860–65; < Greek polydáktylos. See poly-, -dactyl
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polydactyl (ˌpɒlɪˈdæktɪl)
 
adj
1.  (of man and other vertebrates) having more than the normal number of digits
 
n
2.  a human or other vertebrate having more than the normal number of digits
 
[C19: via French from Greek poludactulos many-toed; see dactyl]

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polydactyl pol·y·dac·tyl (pŏl'ē-dāk'təl) or pol·y·dac·ty·lous (-tə-ləs)
adj.
Having more than the normal number of digits on a hand or foot.

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