English Explanatory Dictionary

dactylus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
  2. The tip of a cephalopod's tentacle club
  3. The tip of a crustacean's leg

Word forms

dactylus dactyli

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dactylus. Doublet of dactyl and date.

Synonyms

dactyl
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