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Mac`ro*cos"mic (?), a. Of or
pertaining to the macrocosm. Tylor.

||Mac`ro*cys"tis (?), n. [NL. See
Macro-, and Cyst.] (Bot.) An immensely long
blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having
numerous almond-shaped air vessels.

Mac`ro*dac"tyl (măk`r&osl;*dăk"t&ibreve;l),
n. [Gr. makroda`ktylos long-fingered;
makro`s long + da`ktylos finger: cf. F.
macrodactyle.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of
wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.
[Written also macrodactyle.]

{ Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic (?), Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous (?),
} a. (Zoöl.) Having long
toes.

Mac`ro*di*ag"o*nal (?), n. [Macro-
+ diagonal.] (Crystallog.) The longer of two
diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See
Crystallization.

Mac"ro*dome (?), n. [Macro- +
dome.


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