macrodactyl
Macrodactyl
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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