tridactyle

English

Adjective

tridactyle (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of tridactyl.
    • 1872, Charles Darwin, “Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection”, in The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], 6th edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 191:
      The Echinodermata (star-fishes, sea-urchins, &c.) are furnished with remarkable organs, called pedicellariæ, which consist, when well developed, of a tridactyle forceps—that is, of one formed of three serrated arms, neatly fitting together and placed on the summit of a flexible stem, moved by muscles.

French

Adjective

tridactyle (plural tridactyles)

  1. tridactyl

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Latin

Adjective

tridactyle

  1. vocative masculine singular of tridactylus
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