Definitions for dactylˈdæk tɪl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dac•tylˈdæk tɪl(n.)
a prosodic foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in
humanly.
Category: Prosody
a finger or toe.
Category: Anatomy
Origin of dactyl:
1350–1400; ME < L dactylus < Gk dáktylos finger
dac•tyl′ic
-dactyl
pterodactyl.
Category: Affix
Ref: var. of -dactylous , esp. with nouns
Princeton's WordNet
dactyl(noun)
a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
digit, dactyl(noun)
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
Wiktionary
dactyl(Noun)
A poetical foot of three syllables (u2014 ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
Origin: From δάκτυλος, three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables.
Webster Dictionary
Dactyl(noun)
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(noun)
a finger or toe; a digit
Dactyl(noun)
the claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean
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