lamellirostraladj.n.
/ləmɛlɪˈrɒstrəl/ Ornithology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the Lamellirostres, the fourth family of Cuvier's sixth order (Palmipedes) of birds, so called as having lamellose bills.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 277/2 The lamellirostral Palmipedes.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 387/1 The flat and sensitive bill of a lamellirostral bird.
B. n.
A lamellirostral bird.
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1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 634/1 Lamellirostrals, Lamellirostres, a tribe of swimming birds..comprehending those in which the margin of the beaks are furnished with numerous lamellæ or dental plates, arranged in a regular series, as in the swan, goose, and duck.
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lamelliˈrostrate adj. = A. (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855).
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lamelliroster n. = A. ( Cent. Dict.).
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