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English
Noun
macrodactyl (plural macrodactyls)
- (obsolete) One of a former group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.
Further reading
- “macrodactyl”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “macrodactyl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.