Dactyl (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. 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.
noun, plural Dac·tyls, Dac·tyl·i [dak-ti-lahy]. /ˈdæk tɪˌlaɪ/. Classical Mythology.
  1. any of a number of beings dwelling on Mount Ida and working as metalworkers and magicians.
  1. variant of -dactylous, especially with nouns: pterodactyl.
noun
  1. a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short (– ◡ ◡)
  2. any digit of a vertebrate
Dactyl (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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