Syndactyly vs Dactyly - What's the difference?
syndactyly | dactyly | Derived terms |
(biology) The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits.
The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web.
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(biology) The number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.
Syndactyly is a derived term of dactyly.
In context|biology|lang=en terms the difference between syndactyly and dactyly
is that syndactyly is (biology) the normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits while dactyly is (biology) the number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.As nouns the difference between syndactyly and dactyly
is that syndactyly is (biology) the normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits while dactyly is (biology) the number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal.syndactyly
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(-)Most Fingers and Toes — Living Person
- Pranamya Menaria (India; born August 10, 2005) has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes). This is as a result of the condition Polydactyly and Syndactyly .
