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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the digits supporting a membrane which forms a wing, as in bats and the extinct pterodactyls. In bats there are four wing-fingers, corresponding to the four fingers (omitting the thumb) of the human hand; in pterodactyls there is but one finger, the enormously lengthened fifth digit, or little finger.
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sionnach commented on the word wing-finger
This is obviously the finger you use for dialing the telephone, or other gadgets.
(though it might be a poisonous glove for foxes)
August 5, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word wing-finger
pterodactyl??
August 5, 2009
sionnach commented on the word wing-finger
I wonder if pterodactyls are susceptible to digitalis?
August 5, 2009
rolig commented on the word wing-finger
Yes, Fbharjo, of course.
August 5, 2009
sionnach commented on the word wing-finger
What, no foxy (g)love for digit-alis? shucks!
OK, OK; secretly I know that ala is the wrong declension family. or conjugation. or whatever one does with nouns these days.
August 5, 2009
rolig commented on the word wing-finger
Sorry, Fox, that totally went past me. The pun-receiver in my brain doesn't seem to be working, or maybe I just need sleep.
August 5, 2009