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Dactylology :: Dactylology (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.

Hexameter :: Hexameter (a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees..

Paridigitata :: Paridigitata (n. pl.) Same as Artiodactyla.

Pachydactylous :: Pachydactylous (a.) Having thick toes.

Heterodactyl :: Heterodactyl (n.) One of the Heterodactylae.

Dactylomancy :: Dactylomancy (n.) Dactyliomancy.

Cheiropterygium :: Cheiropterygium (n.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..

Tetradactyle :: Tetradactyle (a.) Tetradactylous.

Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..

Dactylic :: Dactylic (n.) Dactylic meters.

Zygodactyle :: Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.

Metre :: Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter..

Hermodactyl :: Hermodactyl (n.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic..

Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..

Dactylozooid :: Dactylozooid (n.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora..

Tridactyl :: Tridactyl (a.) Alt. of Tridactyl.

Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..

Syndactylous :: Syndactylic (a.) Syndactilous.

Dactylioglyph :: Dactylioglyph (n.) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.

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