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单词 rhamphotheca
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rhamphotheca

/ramfəˈθiːkə/
(also ramphotheca) Ornithology
noun
The modified integument, usually horny but in some birds leathery, that covers a bird's jaws and forms the outer layer of the bill.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in James Graham Cooper (1830–1902). From scientific Latin rhamphotheca from ancient Greek ῥάμϕος beak + θήκη sheath.

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