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rhynchokinesis Zool.|rɪŋkəkaɪˈniːsɪs, -kɪn-|
[ad. G. rhynchokinetik (H. Hofer 1949, in Acta Zool. XXX. 213), f. Gr. ῥύγχο-ς beak, snout + κινητικ-ός moving: see kinetic a. (n.) and kinesis.]
A process, found in some birds and lizards, by which the upper bill or jaw may be raised relative to the cranium by extensive bending of nasal and premaxillary bones.
1963W. J. Bock in C. G. Sibley Proc. XIII Internat. Ornithol. Congr. I. 46 Hofer showed that rhynchokinesis is correlated with a schizorhinal nostril. 1964Jrnl. Morphol. CXIV. 15/1 Some birds have a form of kinesis that cannot be easily assigned to either prokinesis or rhynchokinesis. 1964,1973[see prokinesis]. 1974P. J. K. Burton Feeding & Feeding Apparatus in Waders ii. 33 Two principal modifications are found in present day birds. These are prokinesis, in which the upper jaw moves about a pivot formed by a narrow strip of flexible bone at the fronto-nasal hinge; and rhynchokinesis, in which bending occurs over a wider zone, some distance along the bill. Rhynchokinesis involves a change in bill shape.
So rhynchokinetic |-k(a)ɪˈnɛtɪk| a.
1960[see prokinetic a.]. 1964Jrnl. Morphol. CXIV. 14/1 The rhynchokinetic skull is characterized by a region of bending located somewhere along the dorsal bar of the upper jaw. 1974P. J. K. Burton Feeding & Feeding Apparatus in Waders ii. 33 It is..convenient to distinguish between moderately rhynchokinetic species in which bending occurs along the whole length of the upper jaw anterior to the internasal septum, and highly rhynchokinetic species in which reinforcement of the dorsal bar anterior to the nasal partition has moved the zone of bending much further forward. |