dactyl
dactyl (dak"til) , noun
[Latin dactylus, Greek da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Compare Digit.]
1.
(Prosody) A poetical foot of three syllables (— c c), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegmine, E. merbciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
2.
(a) (Zoology) A finger or toe; a digit.
(b)
(Zoology) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.