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Anisodactylous
Anisodactylous An`i*so*dac"ty*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
Artiodactylous
Artiodactylous Ar`ti*o*dac"ty*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Even-toed.
Didactylous
Didactylous Di*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having only two digits; two-toed.
Discodactylous
Discodactylous Dis`co*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
Heterodactylous
Heterodactylous Het`er*o*dac"tyl*ous, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? a toe.] (Zo["o]l.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
Hexadactylous
Hexadactylous Hex`a*dac"tyl*ous, a. [Gr. ?; "e`x six + ? finger: cf. F. hexadactyle.] (Zo["o]l.) Having six fingers or toes.
Leptodactylous
Leptodactylous Lep`to*dac"tyl*ous (-[u^]s), a. Having slender toes.
Macrodactylous
Macrodactylic Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic, Macrodactylous Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having long toes.
Monodactylous
Monodactylous Mon`o*dac"tyl*ous, a. [Gr. ?; ? single + ? finger: cf. F. monodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.) Having but one finger or claw.
Pachydactylous
Pachydactylous Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having thick toes.
Pamprodactylous
Pamprodactylous Pam`pro*dac"tyl*ous, a. [Pan- + Gr. ? forward + ? finger.] (Zo["o]l.) Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.
Syndactylous
Syndactylous Syn*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.
Tetradactylous
Tetradactylous Tet`ra*dac"tyl*ous, a. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + ? finger, toe.] (Zo["o]l.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
Tridactylous
Tridactylous Tri*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Biol.) Tridactyl.
Zygodactylous
Zygodactylic yg`o*dac"ty*lic, Zygodactylous yg`o*dac"tyl*ous (?; 277), a. [Gr. ? a yoke, pair + ? finger, toe: cf. F. zygodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.

Meaning of Dactylous from wikipedia

- suffix "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous." Pentadactyly (from Gr**** πέντε pénte "five") is the condition of having...
- Echinothuriidae by their lack of ophicephalous pedicellariae (despite presence of dactylous ones), and the presence of prominent membranous gaps along horizontal...