Definition
didactyl
adjective
- Having or characterized by two digits or toes.
Usage: zoology; anatomy
noun
- An animal or organism that has two digits or toes.
Usage: zoology
Examples
- The didactyl structure of the ostrich's foot is an adaptation for running.
- Some extinct mammals were didactyl, with only two functional toes on each limb.
- Didactyl birds have evolved specialized foot structures for their specific environments.
- The fossil showed clear didactyl characteristics in the hind limbs.
- Researchers classified the specimen as didactyl based on skeletal evidence.