Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An animal having only one toe, digit, or claw on each extremity.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as monodactylous.
Examples
“But they have tiny little monodactyl wings, not the big flappy things that your toy has.”
“The volume in his hands was Darwin's famous monograph on the monodactyl.”
“Of course," I said; "you didn't suppose a monodactyl meant a beast with one leg and one toe!”
“Ascent and decline of monodactyl equids: A case for prehistoric overkill.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘monodactyl’.
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•Dinosaurs that weren't, but should h...
piscidactyl, legosaurus, monodactyl, bigassmealontheho..., opensaurus, hacksaurus, phelpsasaurus, nastiasaur, clavicytherium, compusaurus, textodactyl, pterostegoraptor and 55 more...
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metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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Words of Dinosaurology
This quickly got bigger and weirder than originally intended, so now it's housing terms that relate to the study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. See also Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Ichthy...
zygopophyses, ziphodont, plesiomorphic, cleidoic, endothermy, ectothermy, viviparous, vertebrae, cervical, dorsal, sacral, caudal and 628 more...
Tweets
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mollusque I know how it typed... Sep 4, 2008
chained_bear It's real! I found this word listed in the OED. "A monodactylous animal. Obs. rare."
P.S. if you click on the Wikipedia link, you'll get a pterodactyly family tree. :) Sep 4, 2008
pterodactyl I can't speak for how it spoke, but I do know how it gestured... Sep 1, 2008
chained_bear Did it speak utterly without expression, perhaps? Sep 1, 2008
pterodactyl A very rude animal indeed. Sep 1, 2008