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Definition of Adactylous
1. Adjective. Without fingers and/or toes.
Definition of Adactylous
1. Adjective. Without fingers or without toes. ¹
2. Adjective. Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Adactylous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adactylous
Literary usage of Adactylous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the British Stalk-eyed Crustacea by Thomas Bell (1853)
"... following pairs very long, cylindrical; the fifth pair very small, adactylous,
folded backwards beneath the latero-posterior margin of the carapace. ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The following is Latreille'в character :—Lateral and posterior appendage of the
third joint of the last six feet (the adactylous and thoracic) in form of a ..."
3. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"Ad [ad, to). A Latin preposition signifying to, toward, at, etc.; as, ad libitum,
at pleasure or according to discretion. adactylous (ah-dak'-til-us). ..."
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