Definition of dactyl
: a metrical foot consisting of one long and two short syllables or of one stressed and two unstressed syllables (as in tenderly)
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Definition of dactyl-
: finger : toe : digit
- dactylology
Origin and Etymology of dactyl-
Greek daktyl-, daktylo-, from daktylos
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