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]