Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Macrodactyl \Mac`ro*dac"tyl\, n. [Gr. ? long-fingered; ? long +
   ? finger: cf. F. macrodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of a group of wading birds ({Macrodactyli}) having very
   long toes. [Written also {macrodactyle}.]