DERMATOGLYPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dermatoglyphic mean? 

• DERMATOGLYPHIC (noun)
  The noun DERMATOGLYPHIC has 1 sense:

1. the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)

  Familiarity information: DERMATOGLYPHIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMATOGLYPHIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("dermatoglyphic" is a kind of...):

crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle (a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface)