Dactyl

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (n.) A finger or toe; a digit.
  • (n.) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Compare dactyl with other words:

dactyl vs. lactyl

dactyl vs. iamb

adonic vs. dactyl

dactyl vs. dactylic

anapest vs. dactyl

dactyl vs. spondee

dactyl vs. syllable

dactyl vs. sapphic

dactyl vs. finger