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Meaning of "tetradactyl" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TETRADACTYL

From Greek tetradaktulos, from tetra- + daktulos finger.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TETRADACTYL

tetradactyl  [ˌtɛtrəˈdæktɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TETRADACTYL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tetradactyl can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TETRADACTYL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tetradactyl

Dactyly

In biology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of a tetrapod animal. It comes from the Greek word δακτυλος = "finger". Sometimes the ending "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous".

Definition of tetradactyl in the English dictionary

The definition of tetradactyl in the dictionary is a four-toed animal. Other definition of tetradactyl is having four toes or fingers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TETRADACTYL


anisodactyl
ænˌaɪsəʊˈdæktɪl
artiodactyl
ˌɑːtɪəʊˈdæktɪl
brachydactyl
ˌbrækɪˈdæktɪl
dactyl
ˈdæktɪl
didactyl
daɪˈdæktɪl
heterodactyl
ˌhɛtərəʊˈdæktɪl
hyperdactyl
ˌhaɪpəˈdæktɪl
Largactil
ˌlɑːˈɡæktɪl
leptodactyl
ˌlɛptəʊˈdæktɪl
macrodactyl
ˌmækrəʊˈdæktɪl
octyl
ˈɒktɪl
pachydactyl
ˌpækɪˈdæktɪl
pentadactyl
ˌpɛntəˈdæktɪl
pentadactyle
ˌpɛntəˈdæktɪl
perissodactyl
pəˌrɪsəʊˈdæktɪl
polydactyl
ˌpɒlɪˈdæktɪl
pterodactyl
ˌtɛrəˈdæktɪl
syndactyl
sɪnˈdæktɪl
zygodactyl
ˌzaɪɡəʊˈdæktɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TETRADACTYL

tetrachordal
tetrachotomous
tetrachotomy
tetracid
tetract
tetractinal
tetractine
tetracyclic
tetracycline
tetrad
tetradactylous
tetradactyly
tetradic
tetradite
tetradrachm
tetradymite
tetradynamous
tetraethyl
tetraethyl lead
tetrafluoride

WORDS THAT END LIKE TETRADACTYL

acetyl
baetyl
biacetyl
butyl
cetyl
diacetyl
dibutyl
dicotyl
epicotyl
hypocotyl
pentyl
protyl
tridactyl
trotyl

Synonyms and antonyms of tetradactyl in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tetradactyl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TETRADACTYL

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Translator English - Chinese

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1,325 millions of speakers

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380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers

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Translator English - Malay

Tetradactyl
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Translator English - German

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tetradactyl
130 millions of speakers

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Tetradactyl
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tetradactyl
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tetradactyl
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेट्राडेक्टील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tetradactyl
70 millions of speakers

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65 millions of speakers

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50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tetradactyl
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tetradactyl
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

tetradactyl
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

tetradactyl
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tetradactyl
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

tetradactyl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tetradactyl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRADACTYL»

The term «tetradactyl» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.895 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRADACTYL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tetradactyl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TETRADACTYL»

Discover the use of tetradactyl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tetradactyl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Memoirs read before the Boston society of natural history
Otozoum was a huge, bipedal form, plantigrade and tetradactyl in gait, rarely resting the hands and sometimes dragging the tail as did Anomoepus. Batrachopus was quadrupedal with a tetradactyl, very dinosauroid pes, and a much smaller, ...
Boston Society of Natural History, 1904
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Bulletin - United States Geological Survey
Quadrupedal, tetradactyl, digitigrade. Digits of the foot broad, showing neither claws nor phalangeal impressions ; those of the hand making peculiar oval marks. Comptichnus obesus Edward Hitchcock, from Lily Pond, Turners Falls, Mass., ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
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Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia
We agree with this interpretation generally, but note that the pes tracks sometimes show faint impressions of the hallux and are therefore tetradactyl, and that at least one manus track is also tetradactyl, and may be interpreted as pentadactyl.
Eric Buffetaut, 2009
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Fossil Footprints of the Jura-Trias of North America
Otozoum was a huge, bipedal form, plantigrade and tetradactyl in gait, rarely resting the hands and sometimes dragging the tail as did Anomoepus. Batrachopus was quadrupedal with a tetradactyl, very dinosauroid pes, and a much smaller, ...
Richard Swann Lull, 1904
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Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Bipedal, digitigrade, tetradactyl, with clawless digits widely radiating and more or less flask or club shaped, dilating toward their tip. Lagunculapes latus Edward Hitchcock, from the Turners Falls region, Mass., has a foot 22 millimeters in length ...
Benjamin Kendall Emerson, 1917
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Bulletin
Quadrupedal, tetradactyl, digitigrade. Digits of the foot broad, showing neither claws nor phalangeal impressions; those of the hand making peculiar oval marks . Comptichnus obesus Edward Hitchcock, from Lily Pond, Turners Falls, Mass., has ...
‎1917
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Dinosaur tracks 2011 : an international symposium, ...
A new tetradactyl theropod ichnotaxon from the Upper Jurassic Of MOI'OCCO @ oiterpreientation] glaouad Nouril, Mohamed Boutakioutl, Ignacio Diaz-Martinez2 & Félix PérezLorente2 'Fara/t] of S tienrer, Uniz/errit] Mohamed I/. Rahat-Agdal ...
Annette Richter, 2012
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Trace Fossils as Indicators of Sedimentary Environments
... traces Vertebrate coprolites Indentation structure Root structures Description Quadrupedal heteropodous, tetradactyl manus, tridactyl pes Quadrupedal, tetradactyl, homopodial, triangular sole pad, oval digit imprints Quadrupedal, tetradactyl ...
Dirk Knaust, Richard G. Bromley, 2012
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Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766: His Diary, ...
... ears large, external ear rather round, barely longer than the fur, back dusky, or if carefully examined dusky varied with black ; abdomen ashy whitish, the base of the hairs black, forefeet short, tetradactyl but with the thumb reduced to a claw.
Averil M. Lysaght, 1971
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Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah
The best preserved tracks occur as natural casts, and display both tridactyl and tetradactyl morphologies (figure 4A-D). Two tridactyl tracks (figure 4A, B) measure about 37 centimeters long and 33 centimeters wide, and 36 centimeters long by ...
David D. Gillette, 1999

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tetradactyl [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tetradactyl>. Apr 2024 ».
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