chiridian

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adjective

Of a tetrapod vertebrate limb, having well-defined joints and digits.

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Meanings

adjectivechiridian (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerarebiologyOf a tetrapod vertebrate limb, having well-defined joints and digits.

    They are all tetrapods–that is to say, vertebrates that possess (or their ancestors possessed) chiridian limbs (limbs with digits; fig. 1.1).

    2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 1
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APA

chiridian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiridian

MLA

“chiridian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiridian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiridian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiridian.

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