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digit
digit A finger or toe. In the basic limb structure of terrestrial vertebrates there are five digits (see pentadactyl limb). This number is retained in humans and other primates, but in some other species the number of digits is reduced. Frogs, for example, have four fingers and five toes, and in ungulate (hooved) mammals, the digits are reduced and their tips are enclosed in horn, forming hooves.
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"digit." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "digit." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-digit.html "digit." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-digit.html |
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dig·it / ˈdijit/ • n. 1. any of the numerals from 0 to 9, esp. when forming part of a number. 2. a finger (including the thumb) or toe. ∎ Zool. an equivalent structure at the end of the limbs of many higher vertebrates. |
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"digit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "digit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-digit.html "digit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-digit.html |
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digit any numeral from 0 to 9 XV; 1/12 of the diameter of sun or moon XVI; finger, toe; finger's breadth XVII. — L. digitus finger, toe.
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T. F. HOAD. "digit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "digit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-digit.html T. F. HOAD. "digit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-digit.html |
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digit (dij-it) n. a finger or toe.
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"digit." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "digit." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-digit.html "digit." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-digit.html |
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digit
•adit
•bandit, pandit
•accredit, credit, edit, subedit
•Chindit • conduit
•audit, plaudit
•pundit • refit • misfit • benefit
•profit, prophet, soffit
•forfeit • outfit • Tophet • photofit
•buffet, tuffet
•comfit • counterfeit • surfeit • agate
•margate, target
•frigate • Tlingit • hogget
•drugget, nugget
•Brigitte • gadget • eejit
•Bridget, digit, fidget, midget, widget
•budget
•Blackett, bracket, jacket, packet, placket, racket
•blanket • gasket • bedjacket
•straitjacket • lifejacket • leatherjacket
•downmarket, market, upmarket
•basket, casket
•breadbasket • Euromarket
•Newmarket • hypermarket
•Becket, Beckett
•cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket
•trinket
•biscuit, brisket, frisket
•identikit
•brocket, crocket, Crockett, docket, locket, pocket, rocket, socket, sprocket
•airpocket • pickpocket • skyrocket
•toolkit
•bucket, Nantucket, tucket
•Blunkett, junket
•musket • rust bucket
•circuit, short-circuit
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"digit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "digit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-digit.html "digit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-digit.html |
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