dactyl

Each part consists of two dactyls and a long syllable.

The other dactyls immediately climbed and chased the first into the sky.

The moveable fingers of a claw are known as dactyls.

The first four feet are dactyls, but can be spondees.

He turned back and saw that one of the dactyls had grabbed her by the shoulders with its hind claws.

Thus by "a dactylic rhythm" we express a sequence of dactyls.

The dactyls are the variation of the theme.

The more abundant dactyls make the difference.

The three dactyls chased the first, screaming angrily.

Demon dactyls work magic through the power of earth, and has also been described as hell magic.

Up in the sky, two more dactyls folded their wings, collapsing into small dark shapes that plummeted toward the ground.

Spondees can take the place of the dactyls in the first half, but never in the second.

The Dactyls were both ancient smiths and healing magicians.

Dactyls and trochees hold the same relation.

"The dactyls glide to the top of the aviary, fold up their wings, and dive.

This term suggests a line of six dactyls, but a spondee can be substituted in most positions.

Specifically, the first four feet can either be dactyls or spondees more or less freely.

Homer's hexameters contain a far higher proportion of dactyls than later hexameter poetry.

Just for a riband to stick in his coat The first three feet in both lines are dactyls.

It appears similar to other members of the portunid family, but has reduced swimming dactyls and long walking legs.

By "a dactylic hexameter" we imply a line or measure consisting of six of these dactyls.

"Well, while we finished the lodge, we put the dactyls in the aviary to acclimate them.

McWhirtles share essentially the same form as double dactyls, but without the strict requirements, making them easier to write.

The dactyls are a mauve colour due to the clusters of small bluish bristles that cover them.

The pseudo- dactyls retreated from him.