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[Gr. daktylos =a finger.] 1. Surg.: Cohesion between two fingers, whether congenital or from burning. 2. Music : An instrument invented by Henry Herz for training the fingers and suppling the joints. [CHIRO PLAST.] ( Knight .) dăc-tyl-is, s . [ Gr.daktylos =a finger.] Bot.: A genus of gra es containing about a dozen species. Dactyl is glomerata , the Common Cock's-foot-gra , is common in England, but is of little use as pasture, being coarse and hard.