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‖ prosopium Ornith.|prɒˈsəʊpɪəm|
Pl. -ia.
[mod.L. (Mivart 1895), ad. Gr. προσωπεῖον a mask, f. πρόσωπον face.]
Term for the whole of the bones and ossifications in front of the cranio-facial articulation in parrots.
1895Mivart in Proc. Zool. Soc. 365 The Bony Beak or Prosopium. [Note] By this term I intend to denote the whole ossified mass in front of the cranio-facial articulation and the articulations of the zygomata and palatines. It includes the premaxilla, the maxillæ, maxillo-palatine processes, the nasals, and the ethmoidal and turbinal ossifications of the beak. Ibid. 369 The greater extension ventrad of the apex of the prosopium. |