syndactel, syndactyle

& s. [SYNDAC TYLI.] A. As adj .: (See extract.) "The name of Syndactyle has been given by writers to all such feet as have the outer toe more or le joined to the middle; hence, as such feet occur in almost every natural group among the Perchers, the term has become altogether vague from its indiscriminate use."-Swains on: Birds , i. 148. B. As subst.: An individual member of the Syndactyl i (q. v.). †syn-dăc-tyl-1, s . pl . [Pref. syn- , and Gr. dak tylos a finger.] Ornithology 1. A division of Birds, in which the middle toe is united to the last as far as the second joint, as in the kingfishers. ( G. Cuvier.) Used in a nearly similar sense by Illiger. 2. A family of Sea-birds, with the genera: Phalacrocorax, Pele can us, Plotus, Phaethon, and Sula. ( Vieillot .) syn-dăc-týl-ic, syn-dăc-tyl-ous, a . [SYNDACTYL I. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Syndactyl i (q. v.). *sỹn-dăc-těl-ŭs, 8. [SYNDACTYL I.] Zool.: Holobates syndactyl us , the Simia syndac tyla of Raffles, sometimes elevated to generic rank. [SIAMANG.] syn dâw, syn'-dow, substantive. [Ger. sindau.] [SUNDEW.] Bot.: Alchemilla vulgar is . dron a tree.] syn-den-dri-ŭm, s . [Pref. syn- , and Gr. denBiol. The complex tree-like ma dependent from the umbrella of the Rhizostomidæ. syn-děş-mog-ra-phỹ, s. [Greek syndesmos=a ligament, and graphō =to write.] Anat.: A description of or treatise on the ligaments of the body.