Definitions
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.
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- 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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Examples
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Best of all, he’s got six toes, presumably making him capable of the sort of freakish primate-like feats generally found in polydactyl cats — opening latches, picking things up, etc. Want him?
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Two of the three kittens I have now are polydactyl, meaning they have six toes on their front paws.
Archive 2008-11-01 Anne Johnson 2008
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Two of the three kittens I have now are polydactyl, meaning they have six toes on their front paws.
Les Mouserables Anne Johnson 2008
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My wife and I are looking for a polydactyl in the Fort Worth, Texas area.
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He is Linus Beane Thumbknuckle (he came with the Linus part attached, and it fit so well, we kept it), a three-year-old polydactyl Lynx-point "Siamese" mix.
Europa Cold (well, not quite, but still...) greygirlbeast 2008
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April 15, 2010 at 10:46 am polydactyl tooties rawk! my baby katz haz a thumbz too!
Li’l Pink Jellybean Toes… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Mai dadcat yewsed to habz a polydactyl kitteh, himz naem wuz Thumbs.
shelf life? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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There are two feral toms in my area that are polydactyl and manage to pass it on every so often.
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One of the guys on the Build LLC team is owned by the coolest polydactyl cat ever.
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There are two photo of Linus, including a close up of his polydactyl forepaws:
"In the tired veins forming from the Tigris and Euphrates..." greygirlbeast 2008
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