dactyly
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alt=Human hand anatomy|thumb|Human hand anatomy (pentadactyl) In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek word δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger."
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- As a normal feature
- Pentadactyly
- Tetradactyly
- Tridactyly
- Didactyly
- Monodactyly
- As a congenital defect
- Syndactyly
- Polydactyly
- Oligodactyly
- Ectrodactyly
- Clinodactyly
- In birds{{Anchor|bird_digits}}
- Anisodactyly
- Syndactyly
- Zygodactyly
- Heterodactyly
- Pamprodactyly
- Chameleons
- Aquatic tetrapods
- Schizodactyly
- See also
- References
- External links
alt=Human hand anatomy|thumb|Human hand anatomy (pentadactyl) In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek word δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger."
Sometimes the suffix "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dactyly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.