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MACRODACTYL: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Matching Terms:  Macrodactylic, Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus subspinosus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mac`ro*dac"tyl\, n. [Gr. ? long-fingered; ? long +
? finger: cf. F. macrodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of wading birds ({Macrodactyli}) having very
long toes. [Written also {macrodactyle}.]
 

 

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