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Dactylic
Dactylic Dac*tyl"ic, a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?.]
Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as,
dactylic verses.
Dactylic
Dactylic Dac*tyl"ic, n.
1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these
lines are dactylics.
2. pl. Dactylic meters.
Dactylioglyphi
Dactylioglyphi Dac*tyl`i*og"ly*phi, n.
The art or process of gem engraving.
Dactyliography
Dactyliography Dac*tyl`i*og"ra*phy, n. [Gr. dakty`lios finger
ring + -graphy.] (Fine Arts)
(a) The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
(b) In general, the literature or history of the art.
Dactyliology
Dactyliology Dac*tyl`i*ol"o*gy, n. [Gr. dakty`lios finger ring
+ -logy.] (Fine Arts)
(a) That branch of arch[ae]ology which has to do with gem
engraving.
(b) That branch of arch[ae]ology which has to do with finger
rings.
Dactyliomancy
Dactyliomancy Dac*tyl"i*o*man`cy, n. [Gr. dakty`lios +
-mancy.]
Divination by means of finger rings.
Dactylis glomerataOrchard Or"chard, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard,
i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort,
Yard inclosure.]
1. A garden. [Obs.]
2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit
trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples,
peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less
frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis
glomerata), introduced into the United States from
Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value
for forage and hay.
Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit
trees are reared in pots.
Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole
(Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is
smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole. Dactylist
Dactylist Dac"tyl*ist, n.
A writer of dactylic verse.
Dactylitis
Dactylitis Dac`tyl*i"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger +
-itis.] (Med.)
An inflammatory affection of the fingers. --Gross.
Discodactylia
Discodactylia Dis`co*dac*tyl"i*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? disk
+ ? finger.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes,
as the tree frogs.
Lepidactylis arenarius Sand grouse (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old
World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock
grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species (P.
exustus). The large sand grouse (P. arenarius), the
painted sand grouse (P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand
grouse (P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust.
under Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane (Grus
Mexicana).
Sand hopper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ([AE]gialophilus
ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard (Lacerta
agilis).
Sand martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor
arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species (A. Heeji)
inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (A.
Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee
partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now
considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
also sand prey.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus Natica and
allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand
collar.
Sand screw (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean
(Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy
seabeaches of Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark (Odontaspis
littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish
shark. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the
ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern
Europe.
Sand skipper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and
E. Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially P. sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under
Bank.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilid[ae] and Spherid[ae], which dig burrows in
sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
as food for her young. MacrodactyliMacrodactyl Mac`ro*dac"tyl, n. [Gr. ? long-fingered; ? long +
? finger: cf. F. macrodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very
long toes. [Written also macrodactyle.] Macrodactylic
Macrodactylic Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic, Macrodactylous
Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having long toes.
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the
same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
and inclosing a hard kernel.
Date palm, or Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which
bear dates, of which common species is Ph[oe]nix
dactylifera. See Illust.
Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of
Diospyros, including the American and Japanese
persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus).
Date shell, or Date fish (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell, or
its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.
See Pholas. Polydactylism
Polydactylism Pol`y*dac"tyl*ism, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? finger: cf.
F. polydactylisme.] (Anat.)
The possession of more that the normal number of digits.
PterodactyliPterodactyli Pter`o*dac"ty*li, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
Same as Pterosauria. PterodactyliPterosauria Pter`o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the
pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli}, and
Ornithosauria}.
Note: The wings were formed, like those of bats, by a
leathery expansion of the skin, principally supported
by the greatly enlarged outer or `` little' fingers of
the hands. The American Cretaceous pterodactyls had no
teeth. See Pteranodontia, and Pterodactyl. Syndactylic
Syndactylic Syn*dac*tyl"ic, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Syndactilous.
ZygodactyliZygodactyli yg`o*dac"ty*li, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Scansores. Zygodactylic
Zygodactylic yg`o*dac"ty*lic, Zygodactylous
yg`o*dac"tyl*ous (?; 277), a. [Gr. ? a yoke, pair + ? finger,
toe: cf. F. zygodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.)
Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to
birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the
parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.
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Agyneta dactylis is a
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