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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having more than the normal number of digits.
  • noun A person or animal having more than the normal number of digits.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having many digits, whether fingers or toes; exhibiting or characterized by polydactylism.
  • noun A polydactyl animal.

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

  • adjective polydactylous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits

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