macrodactel

[MACRODACTYLES.] An individual of the family Macrodactyles. mặc-rô-dăc-tyl-ēş, măc-rô-dăc-tyl-1-dēs, s. pl. [Mod. Lat., from Gr. makros =long, and dak tylos a finger, a toe.] Ornith.: Long-toes; a sub-order of Grallatores (q. v.). The feet are furnished with four elongated, sometimes lobated, toes, and the wings are of moderate size. Beak mostly short and compre ed, or wedge-shaped. Legs robust, not long; neck not very long; tail very short. The chief members of the sub-family are the Rails, the Waterhens, the Coots, and the Jacana. ( Nicholson .) mặc-rô-dăc-týl-ic, măc-rô-dăc-tyl-oŭs, adj . [Eng, macrodactyl ; -ic , -ous .] Having long toes; an epithet applied to birds of the sub-order Macro dactyles. IMG:content-0805.png:[blocks in formation] măc-ro-di-ag-on-al, s. [Pref. macro-, and Eng. diagonal (q. v.).] The longer of the diagonals of a rhombic prism.