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Definition of Dactylar
1. a. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
Definition of Dactylar
1. Adjective. (poetry) Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic. ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect crustacean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dactylar
1. in dactyl rhythm [adj]
Medical Definition of Dactylar
1.
1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dactylar
Literary usage of Dactylar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"dactylar " touch " is characteristic. There are passages in music formed of an
accented long followed by two shorts, the first of the latter having a ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1888)
"... angle of the merai segments slightly spinous distally ; pro- podal and dactylar
segments furnished above and below with two series of coarse spines. ..."
3. A Monograph on the Isopods of North America by Harriet Richardson (1905)
"joints combined, and armed inside with 18-20 spines; dactylar claws in all pairs
nearly equal. Middle piece of male operculum not expanded at the end, ..."
4. Svensk-Engelsk hand-ordbok by Victor Emanuel Öman (1872)
"[dactylic. dal, m. valley, vale, dale, -a, vn to sink. daktyl, m. dactyl, -isk,
adj. dactylar, dala, /. ..."
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