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dactyl 1. Prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short (— ⌣ ⌣) 2. Zoology any digit of a vertebrate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Pain is always by the side of joy, the spondee by the dactyl. The abbe, who was quite innocent of Latin, nodded his head, in cadence, at every roll which La Fontaine impressed upon his body, according to the undulations of the dactyls and spondees. |
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