# Dactyl

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**Dactyl** may refer to:

- [Dactyl (mythology)](/source/Dactyl_(mythology)), a legendary being
- [Dactyl (poetry)](/source/Dactyl_(poetry)), a metrical unit of verse
- [Dactyl Foundation](/source/Dactyl_Foundation), an arts organization
- [Finger](/source/Finger), a part of the hand also known as a "dactyl".
- [Dactylus](/source/Dactylus), part of a decapod crustacean
- "-dactyl", a suffix [used in taxonomy](/source/List_of_commonly_used_taxonomic_affixes)
- [Dactyl (moon)](/source/Dactyl_(moon)), a moon of asteroid 243 Ida

## See also

- Daktylos, an [Ancient Greek unit of length](/source/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement#Length)

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