telemetacarpal

== English == === Etymology === From tele- +‎ metacarpal. First attested in 1878. === Pronunciation === enPR: tĕl′ĭ-mĕt′ə-kär′pəl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɛl.ɪˌmɛt.əˈkɑː.pəl/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌtɛl.ɪˌmɛt.əˈkɑɹ.pəl/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌtel.ɪˌmet.əˈkɐː.pəl/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌtel.əˌmet.əˈkɐː.pəl/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌtɛl.ɪˌmɛt.əˈkaɹ.pəl/ (India) IPA(key): /ˌʈɛl.ɪˌmɛʈ.aˈkaːʳ.pal/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəl Hyphenation: tel‧e‧met‧a‧car‧pal === Adjective === telemetacarpal (not comparable) (zoology, of deer) Possessing vestiges only on the terminal parts of the first and fifth metacarpals. Coordinate term: plesiometacarpal ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “telemetacarpal, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “[Supplement] telemetacarpal, adj.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, column 2. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “telemetacarpal, adj.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1326, column 2.