单词 | curvirostral |
释义 | > as lemmascurvirostral ΚΠ 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 416 All the species of this genus are curvirostral, and therefore they must receive each a name from some other circumstance. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Curvirostral, a. [L. curvus, and rostrum.] Having a crooked beak, as the cross-bills. 1904 J. W. Ballantyne Man. Antenatal Pathol. & Hygiene: Embryo xxii. 420 The crossed beaks of birds are of a different nature (e.g. in the curvirostral passeres). < as lemmas |
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