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.


(n.) A finger or toe; a digit.


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



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Acrodactylum   Adactyl   Adactylous   Anisodactyla   Anisodactylous   Anisodactyls   Artiodactyla   Artiodactyle   Artiodactylous   Dactyl