单词 | syndactyl |
释义 | syndactyladj.n. A. adj. Having some or all of the fingers or toes wholly or partly united, as certain mammals (e.g. kangaroos) and birds (e.g. kingfishers and web-footed birds). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed whole-footeda1398 web-footeda1621 web-toed1805 syndactylic1835 syndactylous1835 syndactyl1836 platypod1890 1836 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds I. i. iv. 148 This union of the two outer toes, which, according to M. Cuvier's views, makes them *syndactyle. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 178 The middle and outer toes are perfectly coherent for a great distance, constituting the syndactyle..foot. B. n. A syndactyl animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > web-foot > animal with webbed-feet > animal having digits whole or partly united syndactyl1835 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 267/1 (note) The inner toe being deficient; and the two other anterior ones being united as in the other Syndactyles. 1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. Introd. p. cxi To anglicize the terminations of the names which..Cuvier gives..; thus..the Passerines,..the Syndactyls. Derivatives syndacˈtylic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed whole-footeda1398 web-footeda1621 web-toed1805 syndactylic1835 syndactylous1835 syndactyl1836 platypod1890 1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 441/2 Syndactylic feet. These [birds] have all the three front toes united. synˈdactylous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed whole-footeda1398 web-footeda1621 web-toed1805 syndactylic1835 syndactylous1835 syndactyl1836 platypod1890 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 156/2 Bee-eater..one..of the syndactylous tribe, which have the external toe nearly as long as the middle one, and both joined together up to the penultimate articulation. 1898 Guide Galleries Mammalia Dept. Zool. Brit. Mus. (ed. 6) 109 The feet [of wombats] show a slight tendency towards a syndactylous structure. synˈdactylism n. = syndactyly n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > webbing of digits webbing1782 syndactyly1864 syndactylism1889 1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 555/1 Syndactylism in the lower extremity is less rare,..it is not uncommon to see two of the toes united as far as the first interphalangeal joint. 1915 Man XV. 176 Photographs and skiographs of members of a family showing hereditary syndactylism and polydactylism. synˈdactyly n. [French syndactylie] the condition of being syndactyl, esp. as a malformation or deformity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > webbing of digits webbing1782 syndactyly1864 syndactylism1889 1864 Reader 13 Feb. 205/2 Union by integument, or ‘syndactyly’, of the three middle digits. synˈdactylized adj. rendered syndactyl. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > webbed digits web-fingered1745 webbed1751 syndactylized1908 1908 Biometrika 6 27 When two fingers are closely syndactylised the nails are also united. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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