macrodactylic

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English

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Etymology

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From macro- +‎ Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, a finger) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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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.