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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Logaoedic :: Logaoedic (a.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.
Gressorious :: Gressorious (a.) Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.
Tridactylous :: Tridactylous (a.) Tridactyl.
Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Panto- :: Panto- () Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous..
Tetradactylous :: Tetradactylous (a.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand..
Dactylet :: Dactylet (n.) A dactyl.
Syndactylous :: Syndactylic (a.) Syndactilous.
#NAME? :: -tyla (pl. ) of Hypodactylu.
Zygodactyl :: Zygodactyl (n.) Alt. of Zygodactyl.
Unciform :: Unciform (n.) The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.
Dactylonomy :: Dactylonomy (n.) The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
Fanfoot :: Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes..
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..
Rhamphorhynchus :: Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
Pachydactyl :: Pachydactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.
Dactylotheca :: Dactylotheca (n.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds..
Dactylioglyph :: Dactylioglyph (n.) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.
Zygodactylic :: Zygodactylic (a.) Alt. of Zygodactylou.
Scutch Grass :: Scutch grass () A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
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