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pentadactylous, a.|pɛntəˈdæktɪləs|
[f. L. pentadactyl-us (see pentadactyl) + -ous.]
Having five digits (fingers or toes), or five processes resembling fingers, as a star-fish. Obs.
1683–4Robinson in Phil. Trans. XXIX. 480 This appear'd to me a-kin to..the Stellæ Marinæ, being Triangular, and sometimes Pentadactylous. 1856–8W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. II. 609 Feet short, pentadactylous. 1875Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 830/1 The human foot, therefore, is a pentadactylous, plantigrade foot. |