Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of having many digits—that is, more than the normal number of fingers or toes; the state of being polydactyl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The possession of more than the normal number of digits.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's a genetic mutation called polydactylism and even though it's two toes shy of a Guinness World Records number, it's helping Milwaukee shelter officials raise money to buy a new home after they learned their rent was being doubled.
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Normal cats have 18 toes, but Daniel has two extra on each foot due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism.
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They typical cat has 18 toes, but Daniel has two extra on each paw due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism.
NYDN Rss ALIYAH SHAHID 2011
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Normal cats have 18 toes, but Daniel has two extra on each foot due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism.
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The extra toes are the result of a genetic mutation called polydactylism.
NYDN Rss ALIYAH SHAHID 2011
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Jeshuah Fuller was born on Tuesday with polydactylism -- in this case, an extra finger on each hand and extra toe on each foot.
Boing Boing 2007
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During our conversation, the doctor kept looking over my head as I piled on the questions: "Are tumors of hair and teeth actually absorbed fetal twins?" and "Do you know anything about the connection between dwarfism and polydactylism?"
Pica, Vestigial Tails: Fave Icky Obsessions Bad for Finding Love 2005
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` ` This occurrence of short limbs with polydactylism seems to prove conclusively that the condition may be due to a modification of development of a totally different nature from rickets.
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The point of extreme interest in the present case is that this dwarfing of the limbs is associated with polydactylism.
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The point of extreme interest in the present case is that this dwarfing of the limbs is associated with polydactylism.
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