Uk English Meaning of dactyl

dactyl

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Definitions and Meaning of dactyl in English

Wordnet

dactyl (n)

a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

Webster

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. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.

A finger or toe; a digit.

The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

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dactyl

a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables, a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebratesA poetical foot of

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