Definition
Pentadactyl is the vertebrate with five toes or fingers.
Term: Perissodactyl(n)
Literally meaning: “the condition of having odd number of fingers or toes”
Origin: Anc Greek
(περισσός-)/(perissos)(=odd)
+ (δάκτυλος/dactylos, digit)(=finger, digit) >δείκτης/deictes(=index finger)
Coined/History
Definition
Perissodactyly or odd-toes ungulates are mammals of the order Perissodactyla with odd number of toes.
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