polydactyl
More than five
Polydactyl means having more than the usual number of fingers or toes.
The term applies to humans, animals, and fictional creatures: polydactyl cats, a polydactyl mutation.
Ernest Hemingway's Florida home famously houses a colony of polydactyl cats, making the trait sometimes called "Hemingway cats."
Single numeric character
- fingerHand's grasping extension
- toeFoot's small digit
- thumbShort opposable digit
- phalangesBones of fingers, toes
hand · foot · supernumerary · appendage · skeletal · bone · joint · nail
Massive domestic cat variety
- kittenJuvenile domestic feline
- pawsAnimal feet
- breedCultivated variety of animal
- thumbedTurned pages casually
Ernest Hemingway · Key West · mouser · domestic · feral · tabby · calico · tortoiseshell
Permanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- dominantHaving superior influence
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
phenotype · gene · heredity · DNA · chromosome · recessive · Hox genes · expressivity
Seldom occurring or found
- unusualNot often encountered
- atypicalNot conforming to type
- anomalousDeviating from expected norms
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
distinctive · unique · peculiar · remarkable · notable · singular · curiosity · oddity
Surgical limb removal
- removalAct of taking away
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
- functionalAble to operate correctly
orthopedic · pediatric · correction · webbing · separation · prosthetic · therapy · mobility
digit
Single numeric character
phalanges · hand · foot · supernumerary · appendage · skeletal · bone · joint · nail · knuckle
Maine Coon
Massive domestic cat variety
thumbed · Ernest Hemingway · Key West · mouser · domestic · feral · tabby · calico · tortoiseshell
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- dominantHaving superior influence
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
genotype · phenotype · gene · heredity · DNA · chromosome · recessive · Hox genes · expressivity · penetrance
uncommon
Seldom occurring or found
exceptional · distinctive · unique · peculiar · remarkable · notable · singular · curiosity · oddity · aberrant
amputation
Surgical limb removal
- removalAct of taking away
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
functional · orthopedic · pediatric · correction · webbing · separation · prosthetic · therapy · mobility · adaptive
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
- poly- wordspolygon, polymer, polyglot, polymath, polynomial
- catscat, kitten, kitty, feline, tabby
- breedingselective breeding, breeder, crossbreeding, mating, breeding pair
- animal geneticsallele, chromosome, dominant gene, recessive gene, dominant traits