syndactylic

adjective

syn·​dac·​tyl·​ic

¦sinˌdak¦tilik

variants or syndactylous

(ˈ)sin¦daktələs,

sənˈd-

: syndactyl

Word History

Etymology

French syndactyle + English -ic, -ous

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