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longirostrine

longirostrine adjective: having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian.

Adjective

longirostrine (not comparable)

  1. Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian
    • The association of longirostrine and tuskless mandibles is very rare in proboscideans, and only Choerolophodon (family Choerolophodontidae, sensu [23 ]), a recently described new genus of Mammutidae [44 ], as well as the non-amebelodontine trilophodont gomphotheres Gnathabelodon and Eubelodon show...2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of longirostrine

From longi- + rostrum + -ine.

Questions about longirostrine

What does longirostrine mean?
Longirostrine means having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian.
What part of speech is longirostrine?
Longirostrine is an adjective.

Words near longirostrine in the dictionary

  1. longipterygid
  2. longiroster
  3. longirosters
  4. longirostral
  5. longirostrate
  6. longirostrine
  7. longirostry
  8. longis
  9. longish
  10. longissimi
  11. longissimus

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