LAMELLIROSTRES


Meaning of LAMELLIROSTRES in English

 ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrä(ˌ)strēz noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lamell- + -rostres (from Latin rostrum beak) — more at rostrum

in some classifications : a group of birds including the ducks, geese, swans, mergansers, and usually the flamingos and having tranverse ridges like teeth just inside the edges of the bill — compare anseres

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