*dactyli*

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. 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 ]

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. (Zool.) Having long toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Poly- + Gr. &unr_; finger: cf. F. polydactylisme. ] (Anat.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) Same as Pterosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Syndactilous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Scansores. [ 1913 Webster ]