Pronounced: UHL-tuh-muh, noun
Notes: I should have know this word; it took me back to a college class
Yesterday’s word
The word leptodactylous means “having slender fingers or toes”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
I could use this word to describe people I know with slender fingers. Our word came from the Greek words lepto- (thin) and dactyl (toed; fingered).
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