| NOUN | communication | dactyl | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables |
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| body | dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates |
| Sounds | dae'ktihl | |
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| Rhymes | Advil ... zill: 103 rhymes with ihl... | |
| Meaning | A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables. | |
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| Broader | metrical foot, foot, metrical unit | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
| Spanish | dáctilo, esdrújulo | |
| Catalan | dàctil | |
| Adjectives | dactylic | of or consisting of dactyls |
| Meaning | A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. | |
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| Synonym | digit | |
| Part of | vertebrate, craniate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
| Parts | nail | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits |
| phalanx | Any of the bones of the fingers or toes | |
| Narrower | finger | Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) |
| minimus | The fifth digit | |
| toe | One of the digits of the foot | |
| Broader | extremity, appendage, member | An external body part that projects from the body |
| Spanish | dedo, dígito | |
| Catalan | dígit, dit | |
| Adjectives | polydactyl, polydactylous | of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits |
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