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dac•tyl
Pronunciation: (dak'til), [key]—
n.
1. Pros.a foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in
gently and humanly.
2. a finger or toe.
Dac•tyl
Pronunciation: (dak'til), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -tyls, -tyl•iPronunciation: (-ti-lī"). [key]
Class. Myth.
any of a number of beings dwelling on Mount Ida and working as metalworkers and magicians.
Also,Daktyl.-dactyl
var. of
-dactylous, esp. with nouns:
pterodactyl. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
