What is the meaning of Dactyl?

A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:

In qualitative metre, a foot with a stressed first syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

In quantitative metre, a foot with a long first syllable followed by two short syllables.

An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.

Source: wiktionary.org

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