Syndactylæt (sindaktile)

pl. [NL.: see syndactyl.] In ornith., in Sun devall's system: (a) A cohort of Anisodactyl i, of an order Volu cres, consisting of the bee-eaters ( Meropida ), the motmots ( Momotidæ ), the kingfishers ( Al cedinidæ ), and the hornbills ( Bucerotidæ ), thus approximately corresponding to the Syndactyl i (a). (b) A superfamily group of scut ell i plantar Pa eres, represented by the todies and manikins-one of two divisions of this author's Ex aspideæ, the other being Lysodactylæ. syndactyle, a. and n. See syndactyl. Syndactyl i (sin-dak'ti-li), n. pl. [NL.: see syndactyl.] 1t. In ornith.: (a) In some systems, as those of Illiger, Cuvier, and others, a group of inse orial birds, having the front toes extensively coherent, as is well illustrated in the kingfisher family. In Blyth's revision of Cuvier (1849), the Syndactyl i were a division of his Strep i to res, subdivided into two groups, Buceroides and Halcyoides. The former of these contained the hornbills and hoopoes; the latter the rest of the syndactylous birds, as kingfishers, rollers, bee-eaters, jacamars, todies, and sawbills or motmots. ( b ) In Vieillot's system, a group of sea-birds, having all four toes webbed; the totipalmate or steganopodous birds, now forming the order Steganopodes.-2. [l. c.] Plural of syndacty lus, 2.