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nouna finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
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nouna metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllablestype of:
Definition that contains dactyl
- heroic a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
- parrot usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
- artiodactylous of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
- genus pterodactylus a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae
- genus dactylopius type genus of the Dactylopiidae
- marsh orchid any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region
- dactylopius type genus of the Dactylopiidae
- adonic a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
- heroic meter a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
- pterodactylus a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae