Meaning of dactylus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”).
2. The tip of a cephalopod's tentacle club
3. The tip of a crustacean's leg

Examples

“The distal end of the club, the dactylus (finger), is pointed and attenuated but is covered with hundreds of small suckers.”

“[…] suckers of carpus and dactylus portions small […]”

“The tip of the dactylus is short and hooked, with a scoop-shaped depression on the anterior surface.”

“Pereiopod 1 […] dactylus with 3 pointed processes on posterior margin (Fig. 2g).”

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