imparidigitate

English

Etymology

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + digitus (“finger”).

Adjective

imparidigitate (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Having an odd number of fingers or toes.
    The horse, tapir, and rhinoceros are imparidigitate.
    • 1864, James Dwight Dana, The Classification of Animals Based on the Principle of Cephalization:
      Thus the Hog-group paridigitatestands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)

References

“imparidigitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

imparidigitate

  1. feminine plural of imparidigitato
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