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Noun: dactyl  daktl
  1. A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
     
  2. A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
    - digit

Derived forms: dactyls

See also: dactylic, polydactylous

Type of: appendage, extremity, foot, member, metrical foot, metrical unit

Part of: craniate, vertebrate

Encyclopedia: Dactyl

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Dacrydium
Dacrydium bidwilli
Dacrydium colensoi
Dacrydium cupressinum
Dacrydium franklinii
Dacrymyces
Dacrymycetaceae
dacryocyst
dacryocystitis
dacryon
dactyl
dactylic
Dactylis
Dactylis glomerata
Dactyloctenium
Dactyloctenium aegypticum
dactylomegaly
Dactylopiidae
Dactylopius
Dactylopius coccus
Dactylopteridae