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Webster 1913 Edition

Dactylotheca

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Dacˊty-lo-the′ca

(dăkˊtĭ-lō̍-thē′kȧ)

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

δάκτυλοσ

finger, toe +

θήκη

case, box.]

(Zool.)

The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.