Dactyl

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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
  • "-dactyl", a suffix used in taxonomy
  • Dactyl (moon), a moon of asteroid 243 Ida
  • Dactyl (math), a 300 BC unit of measure being 40 poppy seeds wide or about 3/4 inch. See Sand Reckoner.
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