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Definition of dactyle

dactyle
Dactyl Dac"tyl, n. [L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit.] 1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables (--- [crescent] [crescent]), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t["e]gm[i^]n[e^], E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Meaning of dactyle from wikipedia

- he named the animal Petro-Dactyle, this was a typographical error however, and was later corrected by him to Ptéro-Dactyle. He also re****ed a hypothesis...
- Pterodactylus in its initial description in 1809, "Ptero-Dactyle", which was mistakenly printed as "Petro-Dactyle" on the cover. The specific name, "wellnhoferi"...
- understanding it was an extinct flying reptile. In 1809, he coined the name Ptéro-Dactyle, "wing-finger". This was in 1815 Latinised to Pterodactylus. At first most...
- fossil found in Bavaria as a small flying reptile, which he named the Ptero-Dactyle in 1809, (later Latinized as Pterodactylus antiquus)—the first known member...
- and a tool kit. Blickensderfer typewriters were sold in France under the Dactyle name. The machines were sold in Canada by the Creelman Brothers Company...
- Name Status Authors Notes Ptero-dactyle Valid Cuvier Later renamed Pterodactylus in 1819....
- Ctenochasma. Pteranodon Marsh 1876 Valid Late Cretaceous N. America. Ptéro-dactyle Cuvier 1809 N/A N/A Renamed Pterodactylus. Pterodactylus Rafinesque 1815...
- reptile and that its "flippers" were wings. He called the creature the Ptero-dactyle, a name since revised to Pterodactylus. Although Cuvier's interpretation...