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Long-jawed. Huxley.

A picture of an object as seen by the naked eye (that is, unmagnified); as, a macrograph of a metallic fracture.

Examination or study with the naked eye, as distinguished from micrography.

Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.

An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.

A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; e, in seam, etc.

Having long or large petals.

Having long or large leaves.

planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

A macropod.

Having long legs or feet.

A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.

A division of birds; the Longipennes.

Having long wings.

genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

See Macroprism.

Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic. -- Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.