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dactyls

/dæk.təlz/ noun · British & US
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What does dactyls mean?

noun

In prosody, a dactyl is a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. In anatomy, a dactyl is a toe.

Example

"The poet's use of dactyls created a sense of rhythm and flow in the poem."

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