† pressirostern.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pressirostres.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pressirostres ( Cuvier Leçons d'anat. compareé (1800) I. Table 2) < pressirostris , adjective < classical Latin pressus pressed (see press adj.) + -i- -i- connective + rostrum beak, bill (see rostrum n.). Compare French pressirostres (1800 in Cuvier, in the same work). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (presirǫ·stəɹ) /prɛsɪˈrɒstə/.

Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.

A bird of the former group Pressirostres, characterized by a short, relatively strong bill capable of digging in the ground for food, and including the plovers and certain other waders, along with bustards and seriemas.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of (miscellaneous)

painted snipe1811

pressiroster1842

seedsnipe1889

crab plover1893

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 973/1 Pressirosters, Pressirostres, a tribe of wading birds, including those which have a flattened or compressed beak.

Derivatives

† pressirostral adj. Obsolete having a short compact bill; spec. of, relating to, or characteristic of the former group Pressirostres.

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pressirostral, having a compressed or flattened beak; applied to certain birds, as the lapwing. Partington.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 24 The pressirostral, or compact, illustrated by the plovers.

† pressirostrate adj. Obsolete rare = pressirostral adj.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1014/2 Pressirostris, pressirostrate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pressiroster
释义	† pressirostern. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pressirostres. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pressirostres ( Cuvier Leçons d'anat. compareé (1800) I. Table 2) < pressirostris , adjective < classical Latin pressus pressed (see press adj.) + -i- -i- connective + rostrum beak, bill (see rostrum n.). Compare French pressirostres (1800 in Cuvier, in the same work). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (presirǫ·stəɹ) /prɛsɪˈrɒstə/. Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. A bird of the former group Pressirostres, characterized by a short, relatively strong bill capable of digging in the ground for food, and including the plovers and certain other waders, along with bustards and seriemas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of (miscellaneous) painted snipe1811 pressiroster1842 seedsnipe1889 crab plover1893 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 973/1 Pressirosters, Pressirostres, a tribe of wading birds, including those which have a flattened or compressed beak. Derivatives † pressirostral adj. Obsolete having a short compact bill; spec. of, relating to, or characteristic of the former group Pressirostres. ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pressirostral, having a compressed or flattened beak; applied to certain birds, as the lapwing. Partington. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 24 The pressirostral, or compact, illustrated by the plovers. † pressirostrate adj. Obsolete rare = pressirostral adj.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1014/2 Pressirostris, pressirostrate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1842
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