💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dactylus"
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| raptorial | Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey. |
| dactylnoun | A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented. |
| dactylenoun | Archaic form of dactyl. [A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.] |
| dactilenoun | Obsolete form of dactyl. [A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.] |
| dactylionnoun | (anatomy) The tip of the middle finger. |
| dactylistnoun | A writer of dactylic verse. |
| dactylic | (prosody) of or consisting of dactyls. |
| double-dactylnoun | Alternative form of double dactyl. [A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.] |
| double dactylnoun | A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy. |
| dactylologynoun | The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf. |
| dactylographnoun | (archaic) A typewriter. |
| dactyly | (biology) The number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or (sometimes) wings, of a tetrapod animal. |
| adonicnoun | (of a man) Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect. |
| diiambusnoun | (poetry) A double iambus; a metrical foot consisting of two iambs. |
| dactyliographynoun | (dated) The art of gem engraving. |
| daffnoun | A fool; an idiot; a blockhead. |
| diambnoun | (poetry) Alternative form of diiamb. [(poetry) A diiambus.] |
| diiambnoun | (poetry) A diiambus. |
| diaeresisnoun | (linguistics, prosody) (orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable. |
| dactyliomancynoun | Alternative form of dactylomancy. [Divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.] |
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