paridigitate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]paridigitate (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Having an even number of digits on the hands or feet.
- 1864, James Dwight Dana, The Classification of Animals Based on the Principle of Cephalization:
- Thus the Hog-group (paridigitate) stands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)
References
[edit]“paridigitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.