macrodactylic

macrodactylic

English

Adjective

macrodactylic (comparative more macrodactylic, superlative most macrodactylic)

1. (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.