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6 Letter Words for Dactyl
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Definitions for Dactyl
[1] Prosody . a 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 gently and humanly. Symbol :
[2] a finger or toe.
[3] any of a number of beings dwelling on Mount Ida and working as metalworkers and magicians.
[4] a combining form meaning “finger,” “toe,” used in the formation of compound words: dactylomegaly.
[5] variant of -dactylous, especially with nouns: pterodactyl.
[6] Also called: dactylic prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short (– ◡ ◡) Compare bacchius
[7] zoology any digit of a vertebrate
[8] finger or toe dactylogram
Words related to Dactyl
appendage, digit, phalanges, phalanx
Words nearby Dactyl
dacryoscintigraphy, dacryosolenitis, dacryostenosis, dacryosyrinx, dactinomycin, dactyl, dactylic, dactylitis, dactylo-, dactylogram, dactylography
Origin of Dactyl
o-< Greek, combining form representing dáktylos finger, toe
Word origin for Dactyl
o-from Greek daktulos finger