Fissirostres
plural noun
Fis·si·ros·tres
ˌfisəˈräˌstrēz
in former classifications
: a group of birds having the bill deeply cleft, including the swifts, nightjars, swallows, and others, and not representing natural relationships
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from fissi- + -rostres (from Latin rostrum beak)
- blackballing
- blackballs
- blackband
- blackbands
- blackbeardes
- blackbeards
- blackbeetles
- blackberried
- blackberries
- blackberry
- blackberry bark
- blackberry lily
- blackberry liqueur
- blackberry mite
- blackberry wine
- blackberry winter
- blackberrying
- blackbine
- blackbird
- blackbirded
- blackbirder
- blackbirders
- blackbirding
- blackbirdings
- blackbirds