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A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
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dactyl
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dactyl may refer to: Dactyl (mythology) , a legendary being Dactyl (poetry) , a metrical unit of verse Dactyl Foundation , an arts organization Finger , a part of the hand Dactylus , part of a decapod crustacean A moon of asteroid 243 Ida "-dactyl", a suffix ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Where you have a, what is a dactyl , like duh duh duh or something like that?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
dactyl \dac"tyl\ (d[a^]k"t[i^]l), n. [L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit .] (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables ( --- [crescent] [crescent]), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. ...
Usage examples of dactyl.
The dactyl could feel its blood, hot blood, coursing through its wings and mighty legs, could feel the twitching of its mighty muscles.
The dactyl flexed again and the crack widened, and then, with a sudden powerful burst, the beast blew apart the obsidian, stretched its great wings out to the side, clawed tips grasping and rending the air.
Theologians of Corona argued over whether the demon dactyl was the source or the result of evil.
Barbacan, in a deep cave in a mountain called Aida, the dactyl basked in the sensation of fear.
Scenes of angels conquering demons, of the mighty demon dactyl screaming in agony as its own lava poured over it, consuming it.
Know that the dactyl was defeated in that time long past after great cost, but gone, too, was our time in this world.
There could be no struggles for power among the mortal leaders of the various races when the dactyl sat on its obsidian throne.
Maiyer Dek brought in, the dactyl presented suits of armor, demon-forged in the twin lava flows of the throne room, full plated, thick and strong.
Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.
He remembered the murmuring of the elves soon before his departure, the whispers of a dactyl demon awakened in the north.
Bestesbulzibar but realized he was powerless against the fiend, realized he had fallen to the dactyl and that he could not escape.
The elf sensed the presence of the demon dactyl as surely as the dactyl sensed him, felt the awfulness, the sheerest of evil, the coldest of deathly chill.
Perhaps her love was right, perhaps the dactyl was indeed inviting them in.
But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.
They went around the bend, Avelyn stopping the magma river fully, the demon dactyl coming in sight.