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lamellirostral, a. and n. Ornith.|ləmɛlɪˈrɒstrəl|
[f. mod.L. lāmellirostris, f. lamella + L. rostr-um beak + -al1.]
A. adj. Belonging to the Lamellirostres, the fourth family of Cuvier's sixth order (Palmipedes) of birds, so called as having lamellose bills.
B. n. A lamellirostral bird.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 277/2 The lamellirostral Palmipedes. 1839–47Ibid. III. 387/1 The flat and sensitive bill of a lamellirostral bird. 1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Lamellirostrals, Lamellirostres, a tribe of swimming birds..comprehending those in which the margin of the beaks are furnished with numerous lamellæ or dental plates, arranged in a regular series, as in the swan, goose, and duck.
Also lamelliˈrostrate a. = prec. adj. (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855); lamelliroster = prec. n. (Cent. Dict.). |