Macrochires definitions

Macrochires

• (n. pl.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.
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Macrochires

Mac`ro·chi'res noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek makro`s long + ... hand.] (Zoology) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/2

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macrochires

macrochires A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds; so called because of the length of the distal (remote) part of the wing.
Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1234/3

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