Dactyl

Dactyl may mean:

Dactyl (mythology), a creature in Greek mythology.
Pterodactyl, a flying pterosaur from the Triassic to Cretaceous Period
Dactyl (poetry), a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable and two short as in "Catherine." (Derived from the Greek word for finger, as a finger has one long segment and two shorter ones.)
Dactyl (moon), the small natural satellite orbiting the asteroid Ida.
Finger, in medical terminology, from the Greek δάκτυλος.
The movable part of crustacean claws/pincers.

Translation

The word "Dactyl" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Low Saxon.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Дактил, Spanish: Dáctilo, Esperanto: Daktilo, French: Dactyle, Tagalog: Daktilo.