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DACTYLUS

\dˈaktɪləs], \dˈaktɪləs], \d_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of DACTYLUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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A finger or a toe; specifically a toe, as distinguished from digitus, a finger.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Part of the tarsus of an insect.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Greek] Part of tarsus of an insect; dactyl of scorpions.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

Digitus, 'a finger.' The smallest measure of the Greeks, the sixth part of a foot. Also, the Date.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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