Definitions for dactylus

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dactylus dac·ty·lus

Spelling: [dak-tuh-luh s]

IPA: /ˈdæk tə ləs/

Dactylus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in dactylus (acdlstuy).

Definitions for dactylus

noun

1. an enlarged portion of the leg after the first joint in some insects, as the pollen-carrying segment in the hind leg of certain bees.

Origin of dactylus

New Latin Greek; see dactyl

Examples for dactylus

It has the shape of a date, or of a finger; whence its name of dactylus, which in Greek signifies a finger.

Pholas dactylus having hollowed out a shelter in a block of gneiss.