Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
pentadactyl .
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- adjective
pentadactyl
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Examples
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(Creodonta, Condylarthra), the chief resemblance of which to man consists in the possession of pentadactylous hands and feet!
Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880
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Feet pentadactylous or five-toed; legs very short.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Skull with distinct post-orbital processes; infra-orbital opening small, usually placed in front of the maxillary zygomatic process; palate broad and flat; twelve or thirteen pairs of ribs; tail cylindrical and bushy; feet either pentadactylous or with a tubercle in place of a thumb on the fore-feet.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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