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polydactylous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-dacty-lous
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having more than the normal number of digits.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English polydactyl Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English polydactylous From polydactyl + -ous.

Inflected Forms

polydactyl (alternative)

Synonyms

polydactyl

Questions

What does polydactylous mean?
Having more than the normal number of digits.
Where does polydactylous come from?
Etymology tree English polydactyl Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English polydactylous From polydactyl + -ous.

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