Ptyodactylus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτῠ́ον (ptŭ́on, “shovel, fan”) +‎ -dactylus (“finger, digit”, from Ancient Greek δᾰ́κτῠλος (dắktŭlos)).

Proper noun

Ptyodactylus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllodactylidae – fanfoot geckos.

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 扇趾守宮 / 扇趾守宫 (shànzhǐ shǒugōng) (calque)
  • → Dutch: waaierteengekko (calque)
  • → English: fanfoot, fan-toed gecko (calque)
  • → German: Fächerfinger (calque)
  • → Hebrew: מְנִיפָנִית (mnifanít) (partial calque)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: viftefingergekko (calque)
  • → Russian: вееропа́лый гекко́н (vejeropályj gekkón) (calque)
  • → Ukrainian: віялопа́лий геко́н (vijalopályj hekón) (calque)

References

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