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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: dactyl (0.02635 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to dactyl.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dactyl
dactyl
n 1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed
syllables
2: a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in
other vertebrates [syn:
digit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: dactyl
dactyl
\dac"tyl\ (d[a^]k"t[i^]l), 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"ciful; -- so called from the
similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a
finger. [Written also
dactyle.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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