Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The anterior fleshy portion of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
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- noun A muscle of the
head , sometimes considered to be part of theoccipitofrontalis muscle.
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Examples
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Among these species, L. colubrina and L. frontalis are virtually identical, differing only in size.
Sea kraits: radical intraspecific diversity, reproductive isolation, and site fidelity Darren Naish 2006
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Dickinson et al. (1991) listed eleven other bird species that typify the pine forests, including one tit (Parus elegans), a nuthatch (Sitta frontalis), and thrush (Turdus poliocephalus).
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River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008
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Both L. colubrina and L. frontalis occur sympatrically around Vanuatu.
Sea kraits: radical intraspecific diversity, reproductive isolation, and site fidelity Darren Naish 2006
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Among these species, L. colubrina and L. frontalis are virtually identical, differing only in size.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Abundant species recorded during May to June include crested black tit Parus melanolophus, yellow-bellied fantail flycatcher Rhipidura hypoxantha, orange-flanked bush robin Erithacus cyanurus, bluefronted redstart Phoenicurus frontalis, Indian tree pipit Anthus hodgsoni, vinaceous breasted pipit A. roseatus, common rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus, and nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes.
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Wrybills (Anarhynchus frontalis) winter in this ecoregion in large tidal harbors but are otherwise resident on the South Island while New Zealand dabchicks (Poliocephalus rufopectus VU) are normally found on coastal lakes.
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Other birds with no close relatives beyond New Zealand found in the area include: blue duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis and western weka Gallirallus australis.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008
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Both L. colubrina and L. frontalis occur sympatrically around Vanuatu.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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This makes it difficult for wading birds such as the endemic wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and the black stilt to feed.
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