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The new owner confirmed that the animal is a polydactyl cat, which means he was born with extra toes on his paws.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The polydactyl cat was born with feline dwarfism and other genetic mutations that kept her kitten-sized for her entire life, with huge eyes and a protruding tongue.
—NBC News, 2 Dec. 2019
The ad for Bruno, a polydactyl Russian blue mix, appeared on the Facebook page of Wright-Way Rescue Wednesday and has since gone viral.
—Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
The anthropologists found three polydactyl individuals among the 96 skeletons, all with a sixth toe on the little toe-side of the right foot.
—Scott S. Warren, National Geographic, 25 July 2016
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The polydactyl cat was born with feline dwarfism and other genetic mutations that kept her kitten-sized for her entire life, with huge eyes and a protruding tongue.
—NBC News, 2 Dec. 2019
The ad for Bruno, a polydactyl Russian blue mix, appeared on the Facebook page of Wright-Way Rescue Wednesday and has since gone viral.
—Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
The anthropologists found three polydactyl individuals among the 96 skeletons, all with a sixth toe on the little toe-side of the right foot.
—Scott S. Warren, National Geographic, 25 July 2016
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“Polydactyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polydactyl. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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polydactyl
1 of 2 adjective
poly·dac·tyl
ˌpäl-i-ˈdak-tᵊl 
: characterized by polydactyly
polydactyl strains of guinea pigs—Genetics
Genetics
also
: being a gene that determines polydactyly
polydactyl
2 of 2 noun
: one having more than the normal number of toes or fingers
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