(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:59:44

Mac`ro*dac"tyl (?), n. [Gr. long-fingered; long + finger: cf. F. macrodactyle.] Zool.

One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.

[Written also macrodactyle.]

 

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