of or relating to the species of bird Dentirostres, which is characterized by a tooth on each side of the upper beak
dentirostral in American English
(ˌdentɪˈrɑstrəl)
adjective
Ornithology
having a toothlike projection on the cutting edge of the bill, as falcons and shrikes
Word origin
[1835–45; denti- + rostral]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, cutaway, faceplate, grandstand, serial