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macrodactylic

macrodactylic adjective: having long toes; macrodactylous.

Adjective

macrodactylic (comparative more macrodactylic, superlative most macrodactylic)

  1. Having long toes; macrodactylous.
    • A genus of Echastiert, or stilt-birds, belonging to Cuvier's macrodactylic or long-toed family.1837, Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history, volume 3, page 521
    • The width of the macrodactylic digit cannot be reduced unless the redundant segment of the nerve is resected.1974, H. Kelikian, Congenital deformities of the hand and forearm

Forms of macrodactylic

comparativemore macrodactylic
superlativemost macrodactylic

Origin of macrodactylic

From macro- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger”) + -ic.

Questions about macrodactylic

What does macrodactylic mean?
Macrodactylic means having long toes; macrodactylous.
What part of speech is macrodactylic?
Macrodactylic is an adjective.

Words near macrodactylic in the dictionary

  1. macrocytoses
  2. macrocytosis
  3. macrocytotic
  4. macrodactyl
  5. macrodactylia
  6. macrodactylic
  7. macrodactylism
  8. macrodactylous
  9. macrodactyls
  10. macrodactyly
  11. macrodasyidan

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