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Dactyly
Arrangement of digits on hands and feet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Dactyl (poetry).
In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. It comes from the Greek word δακτυλος (dáktylos) meaning 'finger'.
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Sometimes the ending "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous".