two-toed

Thân thiện

A sloth with two-toed feet hangs from a tree branch.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having two toes: Describes an animal, typically a mammal or bird, that possesses only two toes on each foot or on a specific foot.

Usage

• The adjective "two-toed" is used attributively, meaning it is placed directly before the noun it modifies to describe a specific characteristic of that noun. It is a compound adjective formed from the number "two" and the noun "toe."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The two-toed sloth is a fascinating creature of the rainforest.
  • Paleontologists discovered the fossil of a two-toed ungulate.
  • This particular species of bird is uniquely two-toed.

Advanced Usage

• Zoological Classification: The term is often used in the common names of specific animal species to distinguish them from related species with a different number of toes.
  • The Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) is distinct from the three-toed sloth.

Variants and Related Words

• Two-toed (adj): The standard hyphenated form when used as a compound adjective before a noun.
• Two toed (adj): May occasionally appear without a hyphen, but the hyphenated form is more standard, especially to avoid ambiguity.
• Didactyl (adj): A more technical, scientific synonym meaning "having two fingers or toes."

Synonyms

• Didactyl (adj): Having two digits on a limb.

Antonyms

• Multi-toed (adj): Having many toes.
• Polydactyl (adj): Having more than the usual number of digits.
• Three-toed (adj): Having three toes.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having two toes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• two-toe