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English
Etymology
From Latin impar (“unequal”) + digitus (“finger”).
Adjective
imparidigitate (not comparable)
- (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
- feminine plural of imparidigitato