Dactyl
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Dactyl may mean:
- A dactyl, a creature in Greek mythology.
- A dactyl, is a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable and two short as in "Catherine." (Derived from the Greek word for finger, as a finger has one long segment and two shorter ones.)
- Dactyl, the small satellite orbiting the asteroid 243 Ida.
- Finger, in medical terminology, from the Greek δάκτυλος.