Timeline for Naming the "hand" of a humanoid bird
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| Feb 22, 2021 at 20:48 | comment | added | Rafael | Following the Latin theme, fingers can be digits or digiti (from digitus) and arms can be braces, bracks, brackets or bracchia (from bracchium) | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 16:30 | history | edited | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added pronunciation for Greek, as per comment.
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| Feb 22, 2021 at 16:27 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | Good point@RBarryYoung, I think I'll add that to the answer. | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 16:13 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | Note that the pronunciation of Chiron is not the traditional English "Ch" (as in "Cherry"), but rather an aspirated-K sound (Kh) is not native to English, but usually gets verbally anglicized to just "K". So "Khy-ron". | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 3:18 | comment | added | John | the forpaws of his wolf-creatures are also Manus, manus just means the distal portion of the forelimb. | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 1:56 | comment | added | Rewan Demontay | Thank you very much. for your answer, I like it the best. I think I'll use "mitts"! | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 1:55 | vote | accept | Rewan Demontay | ||
| Feb 21, 2021 at 20:24 | history | edited | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Brief addition about apposable thumb.
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| Feb 21, 2021 at 20:17 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | @RewanDemontay I've edited the answer to include that brief explanation. | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 20:16 | history | edited | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Explanation of term.
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| Feb 21, 2021 at 20:08 | comment | added | Escaped dental patient. | I'm not clear if the fingers are joined by membranes and covered in feathers, if so, they'd resemble a mitten type glove, which allows some individual flexion, but prevents complete separation of digits. @RewanDemontay | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 20:06 | comment | added | Rewan Demontay | How is "mitt" suitable, in your view? I'm curious to know. | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 20:02 | history | answered | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |