Syn*dac"tyle (?), n. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; finger, toe: cf. F.
syndactyle.] (Zoöl.) Any bird having syndactilous feet.
Syn*dac*tyl"ic (?), a. (Zoöl.) Syndactilous.
Syn*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the toes firmly united together
for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers;
gressorial.
Syn`des*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; band, bond + -graphy.] A
description of the ligaments; syndesmology.
Syn`des*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; band, bond + -logy.] That part of
anatomy which treats of ligaments.
||Syn`des*mo"sis (?), n.; pl. Syndesmoses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a
||bond; &?; together + &?; a bond, fr. &?; to bind.] (Anat.) An
||articulation formed by means of ligaments.
{ Syn*det"ic (?), Syn*det"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, from &?; to bind
together; sy`n with + &?; to bind; cf. Asyndetic.] Connecting;
conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in
a dictionary. -- Syn*det"ic*al*ly, adv.
With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is
not often repeated.