Dactyl

/ˈdæktɪl/

Synonyms for "dactyl" (83 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (25)

coloncounterpointcreticdactylic hexameterdiaeresisdimeterdipodydochmiacelegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameteremphasisepitritefeminine caesurafootheptameterheptapodyheroic couplethexameterhexapody
Show 2 more words
Noun(3 words)
dactylic footdactylicsfinger

Related words (41)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
anatomical partappendagebody partdigitextremityfootmembermetrical footmetrical unitprosodic unit

More specific

6 entries
dactylic hexametergreat toeindex fingerlittle fingermiddle fingerring finger

Collocations

5 entries
dactyl bonedactyl footdactyl rhythmdactylic hexameterdactylic meter

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ida was the second asteroid to be observed close-up by a spacecraft, when the Space Probe Galileo took pictures as it flew by on Aug 28, 1993. These pictures showed not only that Ida has a cratered surface, but also that it has a small moon, called Dactyl, which is about 1.6 x 1.2 km in diameter and orbiting 90 km away from the asteroid.

Source: tatoeba (6293894)

Ida's moon, Dactyl, is probably made from pieces that broke off Ida during an impact.

Source: tatoeba (6293895)

Now the Bard, glad to get an audience, […] / stuck fast with his first hexameter, / Not one of all whose gouty feet would stir. // But ere the spavin'd dactyls could be spurr'd / Into recitative, in great dismay / Both cherubim and seraphim were heard / To murmur loudly through their long array; […]

Source: wiktionary

—My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it?

Source: wiktionary

More for "dactyl"