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dactylar

dactylar adjective: pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.

Adjective

dactylar (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
  2. Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect or crustacean.
    • dactylar base of a crustacean
    • dactylar finger of a shrimp

Origin of dactylar

From dactyl + -ar.

Questions about dactylar

What does dactylar mean?
Dactylar means pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
What part of speech is dactylar?
Dactylar is an adjective.

Words near dactylar in the dictionary

  1. dactinomycin
  2. dactyl
  3. dactyl-
  4. dactylaplasia
  5. dactylaplasias
  6. dactylar
  7. dactyle
  8. dactylectomies
  9. dactylectomy
  10. dactyles
  11. dactylethra

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