Arthrostraca :: Arthrostraca (n. pl.) One of the larger divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda..

Birostrate :: Birostrate (a.) Alt. of Birostrate.

Birostrated :: Birostrated (a.) Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks..

Brevirostral :: Brevirostral (a.) Alt. of Brevirostrat.

Brevirostrate :: Brevirostrate (a.) Short-billed; having a short beak.

Conirostral :: Conirostral (a.) Belonging to the Conirostres.

Conirostres :: Conirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches..

Cultirostral :: Cultirostral (a.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc..

Cultirostres :: Cultirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc..

Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..

Curvirostres :: Curvirostres (n. pl.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches..

Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..

Dentirostrate :: Dentirostrate (a.) Dentirostral.

Dentirostres :: Dentirostres (pl. ) of Dentiroste.

Deprostrate :: Deprostrate (a.) Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude.

Erostrate :: Erostrate (a.) Without a beak.

Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..

Fissirostres :: Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.

Lamellirostral :: Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese..

Lamellirostres :: Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate..

Latirostral :: Latirostral (a.) Alt. of Latirostrou.

Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..

Latirostrous :: Latirostrous (a.) Having a broad beak.

Levirostres :: Levirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms..

Longirostral :: Longirostral (a.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

Longirostres :: Longirostres (pl. ) of Longiroste.

Longirostres :: Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division..

Pressirostral :: Pressirostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.

Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..

Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at mercy, as a supplicant..

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