单词 | tooth-billed |
释义 | tooth-billedadj. Ornithology. Having one or more tooth-like projections on the edge of the bill; dentirostral or serratirostral. tooth-billed bower-bird, a rare Australian bower-bird, Scenopœus dentirostris. tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris, of the Samoan Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > with particular type of edge razorbilla1705 razor-billed1748 saw-billed1785 toothed-billed1841 tooth-billed1862 saw-beaked1869 serratirostral- 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 593 Tooth-billed Pigeon... The whole contour of the Tooth-bill is remarkable. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 223 Didunculidæ consists of the only less singular tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 18 Nov. 7/2 The didunculus, or tooth-billed pigeon,..if native accounts are to be believed,..has only saved itself from extinction by changing its habits in one of the islands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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