dactyl vs minimus

dactyl and minimus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dactyl	Yes	No	No	No
minimus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, minimus is a hyponym of dactyl; that is, minimus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dactyl:

dactyl: a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
minimus: the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe

Other hyponyms of dactyl include finger, toe.

dactyl (noun)	minimus (noun)
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates	the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe
a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables