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Dactyl

(n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.


Dactyl - Other Definitions

  • (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.

  • (n.) A finger or toe; a digit.

  • (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Dactyl - 74 Partial Matches Found (Page 1 of 1)

Acrodactylum Adactyl Adactylous Anisodactyla Anisodactylous
Anisodactyls Artiodactyla Artiodactyle Artiodactylous Dactylar
Dactylet Dactylic Dactylioglyph Dactylioglyphi Dactyliography
Dactyliology Dactyliomancy Dactylist Dactylitis Dactylology
Dactylomancy Dactylonomy Dactylopterous Dactylotheca Dactylozooid
Didactyl Didactylous Discodactyl Discodactylia Discodactylous
Hemidactyl Hermodactyl Heterodactyl Heterodactylae Heterodactylous
Hexadactylous Hypodactylum Leptodactyl Leptodactylous Macrodactyl
Macrodactylic Macrodactylous Monodactylous Pachydactyl Pachydactylous
Palmidactyles Pamprodactylous Paradactyla Paradactylum Pentadactyl
Pentadactyle Pentadactyloid Perissodactyl Perissodactyla Phanerodactyla
Polydactylism Pterodactyl Pterodactyli Syndactyle Syndactylic
Syndactylous Tetradactyl Tetradactyle Tetradactylous Thecodactyl
Tridactyl Tridactyle Tridactylous Zygodactyl Zygodactylae
Zygodactyle Zygodactyli Zygodactylic Zygodactylous
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