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1. (n.) dactyl
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.
2. dactyl
a finger or toe.
pterodactyl.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L dactylus < Gk dáktylos finger)
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1. (noun) dactyl
a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
2. (noun) digit, dactyl
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
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1. (noun) dactyl
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
2. (noun) dactyl
a finger or toe; a digit
3. (noun) dactyl
the claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean
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