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tenuiroster Ornith.|ˌtɛnjuːɪˈrɒstə(r)|
[ad. F. tenuirostre, ad. mod.L. tenuirostris, f. tenui-s thin + rostrum beak, bill.]
A member of the Tenuirostres, passerine or insessorial birds with slender bills; a slender-billed bird. So ˌtenuiˈrostral a., of or pertaining to the Tenuirostres; also = next. ˌtenuiˈrostrate a., slender-billed.
1837Swainson Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds iii. iii. II. 13 This we think is the tenuirostral type of the circle. 1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 146/2 According to Mr. Vigors, the Certhiadæ on one side lead the way to the Tenuirostral group. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., Tenuirosters. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tenuirostrate. 1874Wood Nat. Hist. 305 The large group of birds which are termed Tenuirostral, or Slender-billed. |