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Definition of dactyl: 1. A finger or toe; a digit.
2. A poetical foot of three sylables ( - ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegmn, E. mer 6ciful; - so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
3. The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Synonyms:

digit, figure, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, finger