fissirostral
fissirostral adjective: having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and nightjars.
Adjective
fissirostral (comparative more fissirostral, superlative most fissirostral)
- Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and nightjars.
- Belonging to the Fissirostres.
- In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 337
Forms of fissirostral
| comparative | more fissirostral |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fissirostral |
Origin of fissirostral
From fissi- + rostral; or else Fissirostres + -al.
Questions about fissirostral
- What does fissirostral mean?
- Fissirostral means having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and nightjars.
- What part of speech is fissirostral?
- Fissirostral is an adjective.
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