dactylus

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8

Definition of dactylus

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
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noun

  1. Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
  2. The tip of a cephalopod's tentacle club
    “The distal end of the club, the dactylus (finger), is pointed and attenuated but is covered with hundreds of small suckers.”
    “[…] suckers of carpus and dactylus portions small […]”
  3. The tip of a crustacean's leg
    “The tip of the dactylus is short and hooked, with a scoop-shaped depression on the anterior surface.”
    “Pereiopod 1 […] dactylus with 3 pointed processes on posterior margin (Fig. 2g).”

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Etymology

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

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