单词 | longirostral |
释义 | > as lemmaslongirostral longirostral adj. Brit. /ˌlɒn(d)ʒᵻˈrɒstr(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌlɔndʒəˈrɔstrəl/ , /ˌlɑndʒəˈrɑstrəl/ Zoology having a long snout or bill; formerly spec. (Ornithology) †of or relating to the former group Longirostres, comprising the waders (obsolete).ΚΠ 1835 E. Stanley Familiar Hist. Birds II. vi. 149 (note) This tribe, to avoid confusion, is often designated as Longirostral; most of the birds composing it having long bills. 1890 E. Coues Handbk. Field & Gen. Ornithol. ii. 149 The longirostral [type],..best exhibited in the great snipe family. 1919 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 5 266 It is far too much specialized in the longirostral direction to be ancestral to the Proboscidea in general. 2012 C. Spence tr. S. Steyer Earth before Dinosaurs iv. 114 Carnivorous and longirostral, their overall morphology is reminiscent of living crocodiles and caiman. < as lemmas |
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