*dactyl*

{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; finger. ] (Zool.) (a) Without fingers or without toes. (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. 'a`nisos unequal ('an priv. + 'i`sos equal) + da`ktylos finger. ] (Zool.) (a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc. (b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot; a member of the artiodactyla.
Syn. -- artiodactyle, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the order Artiodactyla.
Syn. -- artiodactylous, even-toed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; even + &unr_; finger or toe. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Artiodactyla.
Syn. -- artiodactyl, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Even-toed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit. ] 1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables (— ˘ ˘), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tëgm&ibreve_;n&ebreve_;, E. mer&bprime_;ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [ Written also dactyle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dactyl + -et. ] A dactyl. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dactylicus, Gr. daktyliko`s, fr. da`ktylos. ] Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Dactylic meters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. daktyliogly`fos an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) + gly`fein to engrave. ] (Fine Arts) (a) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. (b) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of gem engraving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -graphy. ] (Fine Arts) (a) The art of writing or engraving upon gems. (b) In general, the literature or history of the art. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -logy. ] (Fine Arts) (a) That branch of archæology which has to do with gem engraving. (b) That branch of archæology which has to do with finger rings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dakty`lios + -mancy. ] Divination by means of finger rings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of dactylic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger + -itis. ] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. da`ktylos finger + -logy. ] The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; a form of sign language, especially the manual alphabets used by the deaf and dumb. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ There are two different manual alphabets, the one-hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abbé de l'Epée, who died in 1789), and the two-hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dactyliomancy. [ R. ] Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. da`ktylos finger + no`mos law, distribution. ] The art of numbering or counting by the fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. da`ktylos finger + &unr_; wing, fin. ] (Zool.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of Atlantic fishes comprising the sand stargazers.
Syn. -- family Dactyloscopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger, toe + qh`kh case, box. ] (Zool.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. da`ktylos finger + E. zooid. ] (Zool.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; finger, toe: cf. F. didactyle. ] (Zool.) An animal having only two digits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having only two digits; two-toed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Discodactylia. ] (Zool.) One of the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; disk + &unr_; finger. ] (Zool.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of completely terrestrial robber frogs.
Syn. -- genus Eleutherodactylus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Hemi-, and Dactyl. ] (Zool.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. hermodactylus, lit., Hermes' finger; fr. Gr. &unr_; Hermes + &unr_; finger. ] (med.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Heterodactylous. -- n. One of the Heterodactylæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; a finger. ] (Zool.) A group of birds including the trogons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; a toe. ] (Zool.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; "e`x six + &unr_; finger: cf. F. hexadactyle.] (Zool.) Having six fingers or toes. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. -tyla [ NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + &unr_; a finger, toe.] (Zool.) The under side of the toes. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. lepto`s small, thin + da`ktylos finger, toe. ] (Zool.) A bird or other animal having slender toes. [ Written also lepodactyle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See leptodactyl. ] A natural family of New World frogs; in some classifications it is essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae.
Syn. -- family Leptodactylidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having slender toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications it is placed in the family Bufonidae.
Syn. -- genus Leptodactylus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. makroda`ktylos long-fingered; makro`s long + da`ktylos finger: cf. F. macrodactyle. ] (Zool.) One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. [ Written also macrodactyle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Having long toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. monoda`ktylos; mo`nos single + da`ktylos finger: cf. F. monodactyle. ] (Zool.) Having but one finger or claw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pachy- + dactyl. ] (Zool.) A bird or other animal having thick toes. [ 1913 Webster ]