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brevirostrate

brevirostrate adjective: short-beaked; having a short bill.

Adjective

brevirostrate (comparative more brevirostrate, superlative most brevirostrate)

  1. Short-beaked; having a short bill.
    Synonyms:
    brevirostral

Synonyms of brevirostrate

Forms of brevirostrate

comparativemore brevirostrate
superlativemost brevirostrate

Origin of brevirostrate

From brevi- + rostrate.

Questions about brevirostrate

What does brevirostrate mean?
Brevirostrate means short-beaked; having a short bill.
What part of speech is brevirostrate?
Brevirostrate is an adjective.

Words near brevirostrate in the dictionary

  1. brevipennate
  2. brevipens
  3. brevipolide
  4. brevipolides
  5. brevirostral
  6. brevirostrate
  7. brevirostrine
  8. brevirostry
  9. brevis in longo
  10. breviscapine
  11. brevitic

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