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dactyle |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dactyl \Dac"tyl\, n. [L. dactylus, Gr da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf {Digit}.] 1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables (--- [crescent] [crescent]), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as L. t["e]gm[i^]n[e^], E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also {dactyle}.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) a A finger or toe; a digit. b The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.
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