Pēn’ta-dăc’tyl, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. πενταδάκτυλος, with five fingers or toes, from πέντε, five, and δάκτυλος, finger, toe; Lat. pentadactylus.]

  1. Having five fingers to the hand or five toes to the foot.
  2. Characterized by marks, structure, &c., resembling five fingers.