Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ornithology, the side of a bird's toe, when distinguished in any way from the top or the sole. See acrodactylum.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) The side of a toe or finger.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology The side of a toe or finger.

Etymologies

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See para-- +‎ and dactyl.

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