Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Union of two or more digits; syndactyl character or condition, as of an animal or its feet.
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- noun
syndactyly
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- noun birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes
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These were the occurrence of an opposable big toe (when this was present at all), the great development of the fourth toe, the reduction and partial syndactylism of the second and third toes, and in some cases the regression of the nails.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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