Definition of dactyl

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

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Pentadactyloid :: Pentadactyloid (a.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb..
Dactylic :: Dactylic (n.) A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics..
Pterosaur :: Pterosaur (n.) A pterodactyl.
Metre :: Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter..
Phatagin :: Phatagin (n.) The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.
Zygodactylic :: Zygodactylic (a.) Alt. of Zygodactylou.
Heterodactyl :: Heterodactyl (n.) One of the Heterodactylae.
Dactylist :: Dactylist (n.) A writer of dactylic verse.
Artiodactyle :: Artiodactyle (n.) One of the Artiodactyla.
Zenick :: Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat..
Monodactylous :: Monodactylous (a.) Having but one finger or claw.
Dactyl :: 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..
Zygodactyle :: Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.
Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..
Discodactyl :: Discodactyl (n.) One of the tree frogs.
Tridactyl :: Tridactyl (a.) Alt. of Tridactyl.
Tridactyle :: Tridactyle (a.) Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base..
Syndactylous :: Syndactylic (a.) Syndactilous.
Discodactylia :: Discodactylia (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs..
Pteranodon :: Pteranodon (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more..
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