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Dec 2, 2020
This week’s themeIllustrated words This week’s words yeanling ursiform leptodactylous zaftig noctilucent 
Illustration: Leah Palmer Preiss
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with Anu Gargleptodactylous
PRONUNCIATION:
(lep-tuh-DAK-tuh-luhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Having slender fingers or toes.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek lepto- (thin) + -dactyl (toed, fingered). Earliest documented
use: 1855.
USAGE:
“The Triaenopus ... has besides three leptodactylous toes pointing
forwards, a fourth extending backwards in a remarkable way.” John C. Warren; Remarks on some Fossil Impressions in the Sandstone Rocks of Connecticut River; Outlook Verlag; 2018. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Science does correct itself and that's the reason why science is such a
glorious thing for our species. -Nigel Calder, science writer (2 Dec
1931-2014)
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