† macrodactyln.adj.

Forms: 1800s macrodactyl, 1800s macrodactyle.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French macrodactyle.

Etymology: < French macrodactyle (1817 in Cuvier, 1816 in Vieillot) < scientific Latin Macrodactylus (J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) 264) < ancient Greek μακροδάκτυλος < μακρός macro- comb. form + δάκτυλος finger, toe (see dactyl n.). Compare earlier macrodactylic adj.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

A. n.

A member of the former group Macrodactyli of wading birds (including jacanas and rails), characterized by long unwebbed toes.

ΚΠ

1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 73 Macrodactyles, long toes. The last of the regular families into which Cuvier divides the stilt birds or waders.

B. adj.

= macrodactylous adj. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Macrodactyl, macrodactyle, having long toes; specifically, of or pertaining to the Macrodactyli.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	macrodactyl
释义	† macrodactyln.adj. Forms: 1800s macrodactyl, 1800s macrodactyle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French macrodactyle. Etymology: < French macrodactyle (1817 in Cuvier, 1816 in Vieillot) < scientific Latin Macrodactylus (J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) 264) < ancient Greek μακροδάκτυλος < μακρός macro- comb. form + δάκτυλος finger, toe (see dactyl n.). Compare earlier macrodactylic adj. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. A. n. A member of the former group Macrodactyli of wading birds (including jacanas and rails), characterized by long unwebbed toes. ΚΠ 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 73 Macrodactyles, long toes. The last of the regular families into which Cuvier divides the stilt birds or waders. B. adj. = macrodactylous adj. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Macrodactyl, macrodactyle, having long toes; specifically, of or pertaining to the Macrodactyli. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1837
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