macrodactylic
English edit
Etymology edit
macro- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger”) + -ic
Adjective edit
macrodactylic (comparative more macrodactylic, superlative most macrodactylic)
- (zoology, anatomy) Having long toes; macrodactylous.
- 1837, Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history, volume 3, page 521:
- A genus of Echastiert, or stilt-birds, belonging to Cuvier's macrodactylic or long-toed family.
- 1974, H. Kelikian, Congenital deformities of the hand and forearm:
- The width of the macrodactylic digit cannot be reduced unless the redundant segment of the nerve is resected.
- 1974, J. William Littler, Lester M. Cramer, James Walter Smith, Symposium on Reconstructive Hand Surgery:
- The digital nerves that supply the enlarged macrodactylic digits are usually enlarged.