'Macrochires' definitions:

Definition of 'Macrochires'

From: GCIDE

Macrochires \Mac`ro*chi"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. makro`s long + ? hand.] (Zool.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. [1913 Webster]