Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a recurved bill, as an avoset; belonging to the genus Recurvirostra; pertaining to a recurviroster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the beak bent upwards.
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mollusque commented on the word recurvirostral
Having the rostrum bent upwards: said of the beak of a bird (e.g., an avocet) or the siphonal canal of a snail.
February 4, 2008
sionnach commented on the word recurvirostral
What a delightfully specific word! Kind of like retromingent.
February 4, 2008