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dactyl

dak til

  • n  a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
  • n  a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

  • Thereafter comes a famous namealso double dac tylicfollowed by another double dactyl and a line of four beats.
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    Sept. 20, 2013 - Time Magazine

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