Definition of dactyl

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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. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..

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Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.
Panto- :: Panto- () Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous..
Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..
Perissodactyla :: Perissodactyla (n. pl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla..
Macrodactylic :: Macrodactylic (a.) Alt. of Macrodactylou.
Leptodactyl :: Leptodactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having slender toes.
Pterodactyli :: Pterodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Pterosauria.
Porpita :: Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst..
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..
Thecodactyl :: Thecodactyl (n.) Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed..
Unciform :: Unciform (n.) The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
Hypodactylum :: Hypodactylum (n.) The under side of the toes.
Zygodactyle :: Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.
Anisodactylous :: Anisodactylous (a.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds..
Pachy- :: Pachy- () A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl..
Macrodactyl :: Macrodactyl (n.) One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.
Artiodactylous :: Artiodactylous (a.) Even-toed.
Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
Pentadactyl :: Pentadactyl (a.) Alt. of Pentadactyl.
Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..
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