Macrochires

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]