Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having thick digits; having fingers or toes enlarged, especially at their ends; not leptodactyl. See cut under footprint.
  • noun A pachydactyl animal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.

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  • Pachydactyl means "having thick, fleshy digits" (Oxford English Dictionary).

    July 10, 2011