Definition of dactyl

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Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..

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Discodactylous :: Discodactylous (a.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs..
Scutch Grass :: Scutch grass () A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Ai :: Ai (n.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.
Acrodactylum :: Acrodactylum (n.) The upper surface of the toes, individually..
Discodactyl :: Discodactyl (n.) One of the tree frogs.
Artiodactylous :: Artiodactylous (a.) Even-toed.
Pachydactyl :: Pachydactyl (n.) A bird or other animal having thick toes.
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..
Zygodactyli :: Zygodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Scansores.
Pterodactyl :: Pterodactyl (n.) An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.
Pentadactyle :: Pentadactyle (a.) Having five digits to the hand or foot.
Anisodactyla :: Anisodactyla (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyl.
Tamandu :: Tamandu (n.) A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.
Wing-handed :: Wing-handed (a.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls..
Xiphodon :: Xiphodon (n.) An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth..
Porpita :: Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst..
Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Siamang :: Siamang (n.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web..
Phanerodactyla :: Phanerodactyla (n. pl.) Same as Saururae.
Dactylomancy :: Dactylomancy (n.) Dactyliomancy.
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