syndactyl

syndactyl
syndactylism /sin dak"teuh liz'euhm/, sindactyly /sin dak"teuh lee/, n.
/sin dak"til/, adj.
1. having certain digits joined together.
n.
2. a syndactyl animal.
[1830-40; var. of SYNDACTYLUS]

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