How to spell DACTILIS correctly?

For those who mistakenly type "dactilis", fret not! The correct spelling is actually "dactylis". This Greek-rooted word refers to a genus of grasses commonly known as cock's-foot. So next time you're writing about grass species, make sure to use the correct spelling - dactylis!

• Dactylic The poem follows a dactylic meter, with stressed syllables in sets of three.
• Dactylics Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are written in dactylics.
• Dactyls Dactyls are a type of foot in poetry with one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables.

Excatally

• exact
• exacted
• exactingly
• exactly
• exacts
• executable
• exotically
• extol
• inexactly
• oxtail