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lamellirostral
[ luh-mel-uh-ros-truhl ]
adjective
Ornithology.
- having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
lamellirostral
/ ləˌmɛlɪˈrɒstrəl; ləˌmɛlɪˈrɒstreɪt /
adjective
- (of ducks, geese, etc) having a bill fringed with thin plates on the inner edge for straining water from food
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of lamellirostral1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of lamellirostral1
C19: from New Latin 峾Dzٰis, from lamella + rostrum beak
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The Anseres—Lamellirostral, or soft-billed swimmers, such as the ducks, geese, swans and mergansers, comprising the one family, Anatidæ, which is divided into five subfamilies, with four of which we are concerned, viz.:
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