单词 | gonys |
释义 | gonysn. Ornithology. The ‘keel’ of a bird's bill; the inferior margin of the symphysis of the lower jaw. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > upper or lower beak > part or covering of lower beak gonys1836 interramicorn1866 ramicorn1866 gnathotheca1870 1836 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds I. i. ii. 21 The corresponding ridge of the lower mandible is the gonys. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 466 Bill long..Culmen and gonys broad and depressed. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 33 Gonys or more correctly genys, the prominent ridge formed by the united halves of the under jaw, e.g. in Gulls. Derivatives goˈnydeal adj. of or pertaining to the gonys. ΚΠ 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 722 Commissure perfectly straight; gonydeal angle slight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1836 |
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