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Dactyl Moderate

Dactyl has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

2

a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

3

A poetical foot of three syllables (โ€” โ‘ โ‘), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metrical foot extremity
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
minimus finger toe
Rhyming Words
ttyl cetyl ketyl butyl octyl phytyl baetyl acetyl lactyl trityl santyl pentyl crotyl trotyl heptyl cystyl gonotyl dicotyl mesityl dioctyl
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