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dactylography

dactylography noun: the science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify people.

Noun

dactylography (uncountable)

  1. The science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify people.
  2. The study of finger rings.

dactylography meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

dactylography in Tamil

விரலடையாளவியல், கைரேகை ஆராய்ச்சி

dactylography in Indonesian

science of fingerprint analysis
daktilografi

Synonyms of dactylography

Origin of dactylography

From dactylo- + -graphy.

Words formed from dactylography

Words that rhyme with dactylography

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Questions about dactylography

What does dactylography mean?
Dactylography means the science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify people.
What is dactylography in Tamil?
Dactylography in Tamil is விரலடையாளவியல், கைரேகை ஆராய்ச்சி. See Dactylography meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dactylography?
Dactylography is a noun.

Words near dactylography in the dictionary

  1. dactylogram
  2. dactylograms
  3. dactylograph
  4. dactylographic
  5. dactylographs
  6. dactylography
  7. dactylogyrid
  8. dactylogyridean
  9. dactylogyrideans
  10. dactylogyrids
  11. dactylogyrosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dactylography (page history and authors); dactylography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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