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单词 curvirostral
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curvirostral
curvirostral adj. [compare scientific Latin curvirostra, curvirostris (1758, 1766 respectively as specific names)] Obsolete having a curved bill; spec. having a bill with strongly curved mandibles which cross each other, as in the crossbills.
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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).
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