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In this case they are Prologue, Rounds, Dactyls and Epilogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Dactyls scattered to either side as Stella exploded into the air above the silo.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

In good troth, the Dactyls are good Dactyls, but their measure is naught.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

Still more difficult is it to make this distinction when we read of the mythical Dactyls of Ida in Crete or the Telchines or Cyclopes being acquainted with the smelting of χαλκός.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various