syndactylus

[ sin-dak-tuh-luhs ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

, plural syn·dac·ty·li [sin-, dak, -t, uh, -lahy, -lee].

1. a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of syndactylus¹

< New Latin, noun use of the adj.: having webbed digits; syn-, -dactylous

Example Sentences

Hylobates syndactylus, laryngeal sac of.

From Project Gutenberg

In Hylobates syndactylus, as the name expresses, two of the toes regularly cohere; and this, as Mr. Blyth informs me, is occasionally the case with the toes of H. agilis, lar, and leuciscus.

From Project Gutenberg