What is a division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing called?
macrochires — A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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