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.
- Sir: Do you think I have nothing better to do than play double-dactyl rhyme games March 3? I hope you know what you're doing when you put teasers like Hollander and Hecht's .