Pentadactyly is a derived term of dactyly.
As nouns the difference between pentadactyly and dactyly
is that pentadactyly is the condition of having five digits (fingers or toes) on a limb while dactyly is (biology) the number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.
pentadactyly
English
Noun
(-)
The condition of having five digits (fingers or toes) on a limb.
dactyly
Noun
(dactylies)
(biology) The number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.
Derived terms
* adactyly
* anisodactyly
* didactyly
* ectrodactyly
* heterodactyly
* hyperdactyly
* hypodactyly
* monodactyly
* oligodactyly
* pamprodactyly
* pentadactyly
* polydactyly
* tetradactyly
* tridactyly
* schizodactyly
* syndactyly
* zygodactyly