Dactyl may refer to:
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Dactyl (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Dactyls or Daktyloi (; from ''Dáktuloi'' "fingers") were the archaic mythical race of male beings associated with the Great Mother, whether as Cybele or Rhea. Their numbers vary, but often they were ten spirit-men so li ...
, a legendary being
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Dactyl (poetry)
A dactyl (; from Greek ) is a foot in poetic meter. In quantitative verse, often used in Greek or Latin, a dactyl is a long syllable followed by two short syllables, as determined by syllable weight. The best-known use of dactylic verse is in ...
, a metrical unit of verse
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Dactyl Foundation, an arts organization
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Finger
A finger is a prominent digit (anatomy), digit on the forelimbs of most tetrapod vertebrate animals, especially those with prehensile extremities (i.e. hands) such as humans and other primates. Most tetrapods have five digits (dactyly, pentadact ...
, a part of the hand
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Dactylus, part of a decapod crustacean
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used in taxonomy
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Dactyl (moon)
Dactyl ( ), formal designation (243) Ida I, is a small asteroid moon , in size) that orbits 243 Ida, a main-belt asteroid. It was imaged by the ''Galileo'' spacecraft on August 28, 1993; Dactyl was discovered while examining the delayed image ...
, a moon of asteroid 243 Ida
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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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