syndactyly
/ˌsɪnˈdæk.tə.li/noun
syndactyly is a noun meaning “The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-Y-N-D-A-C-T-Y-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of syndactyly is syndactylies.
What does syndactyly mean?
noun
- 1
The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits.
- 2
The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce syndactyly?
- /ˌsɪnˈdæk.tə.li/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of syndactyly
- syndactylies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is syndactyly?
Syndactyly appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does syndactyly come from?
From syn- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).