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dac·tyl       [dak-til] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L dactylus < Gk dáktylos finger, a dactyl, referring to the three joints of the finger]
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Dac·tyl       [dak-til] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tyls, -tyl·i       [-ti-lahy] Pronunciation Key. Classical Mythology.
any of a number of beings dwelling on Mount Ida and working as metalworkers and magicians.
Also, Daktyl.

[Origin: < Gk Dáktyloi (Idaǐoi) (Idaean) craftsmen or wizards (pl. of dáktylos; see dactyl)]
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dac·tyl       (dāk'təl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented or of one long syllable followed by two short, as in flattery.
  2. A finger, toe, or similar part or structure; a digit.


[Middle English dactil, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktulos, finger, dactyl.]

dac·tyl'ic (-tĭl'ĭk) adj. & n., dac·tyl'i·cal·ly adv.
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dactyl 
1398, from Gk. dactylos "finger," of unknown origin; the metrical use (a long syllable followed by two short ones) is by analogy with the three joints of a finger.

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dactyl

noun
1. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables 
2. a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates [syn: digit] 

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dactyl dac·tyl (dāk'təl)
n.
A finger or toe; digit.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Dactyl

Dac"tyl\, n. [L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit.]

1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables (--- [crescent] [crescent]), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t["e]gm[i^]n[e^], E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.]

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

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