tridactyl

adjective

tri·​dactyl

(ˈ)trī+

variants or tridactylous

"+

or less commonly tridactyle

-¦daktᵊl

: having three fingers or toes

the tridactyl foot of some reptiles

Word History

Etymology

tridactyl, tridactylous from Greek tridaktylos, from tri- three + daktylos finger; tridactyle from French, from Greek tridaktylos

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