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Definition of Polydactylous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits.

Definition of Polydactylous

1. Adjective. Having more that the normal number of digits; e.g. a '''polydactylous''' cat may have six or more toes on its paw. ¹

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Medical Definition of Polydactylous

1. Relating to polydactyly. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polydactylous

Literary usage of Polydactylous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heredity of Hair-length in Guinea-pigs and Its Bearing on the Theory of Pure by William Ernest Castle, Alexander Forbes (1906)
"The polydactylous male ((^23), in a total of seventy-seven young, produced fifteen polydactylous ones. The proportion of polydactylous individuals varied ..."

2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1828)
"On the Fœtus of a polydactylous Horse having the Toes separated by a Membrane. ... polydactylous ..."

3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by David Brewster (1828)
"On the Foetus of a polydactylous Horse having the Toes separated by a Membrane. By MG ST-HILAIRE, Member of the Institute. THE extremely brief notice of ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"The polydactylous character of Polystichum angulare has also been transferred to Polystichum aculeatum. There are now four clearly established cases in ..."

5. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"equally in the case of the polydactylous forms of Polystichum angulare, ... The attempt was made to so transfer the polydactylous character of certain forms ..."

6. Proceedings by Bristol Naturalists' Society (1888)
"Mr. Fox's most marked success was, perhaps, his polydactylous congestum, of which he raised many plants ; but his cross of Athyrium F.-f. ..."

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