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hemiˈdactyl, a. and n. Zool.
[f. hemi- + Gr. δάκτυλος finger.]
A. adj. Having an oval disk at the base of the toes, as in the saurian genus Hemidactylus (Webster 1864).
B. n. A saurian of this genus; a gecko. Hence hemiˈdactylous a. = A. (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854).
1863Wood Nat. Hist. III. 72 The Spotted Gecko, or Spotted Hemidactyle, a rather pretty species of Gecko. |