pachydactylousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpakɪˈdaktᵻləs/,

/ˌpakɪˈdaktl̩əs/, U.S.

/ˌpækəˈdæktələs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pachy- comb. form, -dactylous comb. form.

Etymology: < pachy- comb. form + -dactylous comb. form, after scientific Latin Pachydactyli (E. Hitchcock 1836, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 315). Compare Hellenistic Greek παχυδάκτυλος thick-fingered.

Palaeontology.

Having thick, fleshy digits; spec. (of an extinct animal known from fossil footprints) having comparatively thick toes; (of a track) made by such an animal. Cf. leptodactylous adj. at lepto- comb. form .

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > having separate digits > having thick digits

pachydactylous1848

pachydactyl1850

1848 E. Hitchcock in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. New Ser. 3 140 (heading) Distinction between the thick-toed, or pachydactylous, and the narrow-toed, or leptodactylous, tracks.

1858 E. Hitchcock Ichnol. Massachusetts 81 We should infer a larger number of pachydactylous than leptodactylous animals to have made the tracks.

1927 Amer. Midland Naturalist 10 170 Biped Animals with pachydactylous feet.

1990 W. A. S. Sarjeant in K. Carpenter & P. J. Currie Dinosaur Systematics (1992) xxii. 300 The Connecticut Valley prints, instead of being assembled into orders of families, were organized into seven groups, each allotted a Roman numeral (I, marsupialoid animals; II, pachydactylous birds [etc.]).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pachydactylous
释义	pachydactylousadj. Brit. /ˌpakɪˈdaktᵻləs/, /ˌpakɪˈdaktl̩əs/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈdæktələs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pachy- comb. form, -dactylous comb. form. Etymology: < pachy- comb. form + -dactylous comb. form, after scientific Latin Pachydactyli (E. Hitchcock 1836, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 315). Compare Hellenistic Greek παχυδάκτυλος thick-fingered. Palaeontology. Having thick, fleshy digits; spec. (of an extinct animal known from fossil footprints) having comparatively thick toes; (of a track) made by such an animal. Cf. leptodactylous adj. at lepto- comb. form . ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > having separate digits > having thick digits pachydactylous1848 pachydactyl1850 1848 E. Hitchcock in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. New Ser. 3 140 (heading) Distinction between the thick-toed, or pachydactylous, and the narrow-toed, or leptodactylous, tracks. 1858 E. Hitchcock Ichnol. Massachusetts 81 We should infer a larger number of pachydactylous than leptodactylous animals to have made the tracks. 1927 Amer. Midland Naturalist 10 170 Biped Animals with pachydactylous feet. 1990 W. A. S. Sarjeant in K. Carpenter & P. J. Currie Dinosaur Systematics (1992) xxii. 300 The Connecticut Valley prints, instead of being assembled into orders of families, were organized into seven groups, each allotted a Roman numeral (I, marsupialoid animals; II, pachydactylous birds [etc.]). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1848
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