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. mer\\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
Dactyl(n.) A finger or toe; a digit.
Dactyl(n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.
Dactylic(a.) Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
Dactylic(n.) A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
Dactylic(n.) Dactylic meters.
Dactylitis(n.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers.
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