ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits
How To Use polydactyl In A Sentence
- It's called "polydactyly" - extra digits - not an uncommon genetic trait, but Bay Area doctors say they've never seen a case so remarkable. Impact Lab
- He has two extra toes on each paw, due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism. Times, Sunday Times
- The extra toes are the result of a genetic mutation called polydactylism. NYDN Rss
- One can easily detect a well formed extra digit articulating with the fifth toe, corresponding to a postaxial polydactyly of type A.
- He's a tremendously cute, long-haired, orange polydactyl (extra toes) male who has a bit of a Maine Coon Cat look to him.
- In addition to missing hands, common defects include webbed fingers and missing or extra fingers a condtion known as polydactyly. Breaking News: CBS News
- Jeshuah Fuller was born on Tuesday with polydactylism -- in this case, an extra finger on each hand and extra toe on each foot. Boing Boing
- The incidence of polydactyly (supernumerary digits of hands or feet) is the same in both sexes, with simultaneous polydactyly of the hands and feet present in about one third of cases.
- Since postaxial polydactyly is an autosomal dominant trait, we may hypothesize that the two people who had served as models for Raphael were relatives, probably father and son.
- As to the animals that are not polydactylous but produce few at a birth, or have horns, their dugs are placed in the region of the thighs. On the Parts of Animals