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dactyl

Noun

∙ A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

BABYLON ENGLISH
dactyl n.
division of poetry containing an accented syllable before two unaccented syllables

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
dactyl
dactyl
\dac"tyl\ (?), n. [l. dactylus, gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. cf. digit.]
1. (pros.) a poetical foot of three sylables (— ⌣ ⌣), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, l. tëgm&ibreve;n&ebreve;, e. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [written also dactyle.]
2. (zo?l.) (a) a finger or toe; a digit. (b) the claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

WORDNET 2.0
dactyl
Noun
1. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
2. a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in other vertebrates
(synonym) digit
(hypernym) extremity, appendage, member
(hyponym) finger
(part-holonym) vertebrate, craniate
(part-meronym) phalanx

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Dactyl
Dactyl may refer to:
Dactyl (mythology), a legendary beingDactyl (poetry), a metrical unit of verseDactyl Foundation, an arts organizationFinger, a part of the handDactylus, part of a decapod crustaceanA moon of asteroid 243 Ida
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

dactyl

Noun

∙ A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

BABYLON ENGLISH
dactyl n.
division of poetry containing an accented syllable before two unaccented syllables

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
dactyl
dactyl
\dac"tyl\ (?), n. [l. dactylus, gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. cf. digit.]
1. (pros.) a poetical foot of three sylables (— ⌣ ⌣), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, l. tëgm&ibreve;n&ebreve;, e. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [written also dactyle.]
2. (zo?l.) (a) a finger or toe; a digit. (b) the claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

WORDNET 2.0
dactyl
Noun
1. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
2. a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in other vertebrates
(synonym) digit
(hypernym) extremity, appendage, member
(hyponym) finger
(part-holonym) vertebrate, craniate
(part-meronym) phalanx

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Dactyl
Dactyl may refer to:
Dactyl (mythology), a legendary beingDactyl (poetry), a metrical unit of verseDactyl Foundation, an arts organizationFinger, a part of the handDactylus, part of a decapod crustaceanA moon of asteroid 243 Ida
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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