Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, the cutting edge of a bird's bill; either of the opposing edges of the upper and under mandible, which meet in apposition along the commissure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The cutting edge of the
bill of abird .
Etymologies
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Examples
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More derived oviraptorosaurs were toothless, but the bony premaxillary margins of their upper jaw were serrated, raising the possibility that the tomium was serrated too.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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More derived oviraptorosaurs were toothless, but the bony premaxillary margins of their upper jaw were serrated, raising the possibility that the tomium was serrated too.
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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This only involves removing 1-2 mm of the tomium by the way – it isn’t anything like the brutal de-beaking indulged in by the factory chicken industry.
The war on parasites: a pigeon’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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This only involves removing 1-2 mm of the tomium by the way – it isn’t anything like the brutal de-beaking indulged in by the factory chicken industry.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
reesetee commented on the word tomium
The cutting edge of a bird's bill.
January 8, 2008
bilby commented on the word tomium
Once a rare element named after a famous scientist, Tom, in a powerful windstorm it was blown right off the atomic table out the window into the yard where a bird snaffled it. The rest, as they say, is history.
March 20, 2024