dactyl
9.4
A finger or toe on people and animals used for touching and holding
- noun
- /ˈdæktɪl/
- Specialized
:
dáctilo
- The one in the middle was the Dactylion, from the Greek "dactyl", meaning finger.
Examples
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The dactyl in my hand is very sensitive to touch.
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You know, just be a, a hat, a dactyl, you feel me?
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Anatomically, the human thumb is classified as a dactyl.
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During the examination, the doctor checked each dactyl for any abnormalities.
Synonyms
digit
vsdactyl
22
3.0
A finger or toe on a human limb
is the same meaning but used as a technical scientific word
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dactyl comes from the Greek daktylos, which means 'finger'. You can see the same root in the name pterodactyl, which literally means 'wing-finger', so dactyl today means a finger or toe.