Desmognathous

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Des`mog´na`thous

(Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; - applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

desmognathous

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desmognathous

(of jaws) having large, spongy maxillopalatine bones, usually united ventral to the vomer. Such jaws are found in swans, geese, ducks, parrots and some birds of prey.

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