tridactyle
English
Adjective
tridactyle (not comparable)
- 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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tridactyle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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