Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syndactylous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syn-dacty-lous
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the toes firmly joined together for a long distance, and not webbed.

adj

Firmly joined together for a long distance, but not webbed.

Example Sentences

"Kingfishers are syndactylous."
"syndactylous cattle"
"syndactylous cow"
"syndactylous digits"

Etymology

See syndactyle.

Inflected Forms

syndactyl (alternative) syndactyle (alternative) syndactylic (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

syndactyle syndactyly gressorial

Questions

What does syndactylous mean?: Having the toes firmly joined together for a long distance, and not webbed.
Where does syndactylous come from?: See syndactyle.

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