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‖ tomium Ornith.|ˈtəʊmɪəm|
Pl. tomia |-ɪə|.
[mod.L., f. Gr. τοµ-ός cutting, sharp + L. -ium (cf. Gr. τόµιον a sacrifice cut up, also τοµεῖον incision).]
Each of the cutting edges of a bird's bill.
1834R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 349 They..do not peck..or grind hard substances between the oblique tomia. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 622 Bill greenish-yellow, chrome along the tomia. 1890― Field & Gen. Ornithol. ii. 152 The mandibular tomium. |