10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEXADACTYLOUS»
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An early hexadactylous family is described by Carlisle (1814). Zerah Colburn, the
son of Abiah Colburn, born in Vermont, was brought to London on account of his
"extraordinary powers in arithmetical computation from memory." He had a ...
Reginald Ruggles Gates,
1946
In yet another hexadactylous pedigree (Alexander) there were in three
generations of descendants nine hexadactyls to ten normals. All hexadactylous
individuals in this pedigree showed a striking symmetry, and in one male the
condition was ...
Reginald Ruggles Gates,
1929
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Congenital Deformities of the Hand and Forearm
Devay ascribed this preponderance of polydactylism to consanguineous
marriages. Boinet (1898) mentioned a family named Foldi from one of the
isolated Arab tribes of Hyamites. All members of this family were hexadactylous;
when, ...
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A Materia Medica Animalia: Containing the Scientific ...
... different in kind or nature. usual form. Heteropodous. Pertaining to the
Heteropozfa, an order of the class Mollusca. Heterostrophe. Reversed: a term
applied to shells whose spires turn in a contrary direction to the usual way.
Hexadactylous ...
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A New Universal Etymological, Technological and Pronouncing ...
Hexadactylous, heks-a-dak'te-lus, a. Having, six fingers or toes. Hexade, hck'
sade, s. (hex, Gr.) A series of six numbers. Hexagon, heks'a-gon, s. (hex, and
gonia, .in angle, Gr.) In Geometry, a 6gure of six sides and six angles. Hexagonal
...
John Craig (lexicographer.),
1849
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
Repos. HEX'ACHORD, ». [Gr. ig, six, and x<,sln, a chord.] In ancient music, an
imperfect chord called a sixth. Also, an instrument of six chords, or system of six
sounds. Rousseau. HEXADACTYLOUS, a. [Gr. ig, and o«KTi/fcof.] Having six
toes.
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Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation
However, the most taxon-inclusive crown hypotheses incorporate the
hexadactylous Late Devonian genus Tulerpeton as a basal stem amniote (
Lebedev and Coates 1995; Coates 1996), and thus posit the lissamphibian-
amniote split at a ...
8
The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, Normal and Pathological
This was most probably a case of duplication of both hands and feet, or perhaps
merely the fingers and toes; if it was an example of the former, which is rarer, it is
interesting in presenting four hexadactylous hands and feet. Considering the ...
This was most probably a case of duplication of both hands and feet, or perhaps
merely the fingers and toes; if it was an example of the former, which is rarer, it is
interesting in presenting four hexadactylous hands and feet. Considering the ...
10
The American Naturalist
... and second digits of a hexadactylous manus." In the case described in this
paper, there is no reversion, and the anatomy of the polydactyle paw, as here
worked out, has no bearing on either the "pre-pollex" or the "post-minimus"
theories.