lamellirostral

[ luh-mel-uh-ros-truhl ]

adjective

, Ornithology.

1. having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.

lamellirostral

/ ləˌmɛlɪˈrɒstrəl; ləˌmɛlɪˈrɒstreɪt /

adjective

1. (of ducks, geese, etc) having a bill fringed with thin plates on the inner edge for straining water from food

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamellirostral¹

1825–35; < New Latin lāmellirostr ( is ) + -al ¹. See lamelli-, rostral

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamellirostral¹

C19: from New Latin lāmellirostris, from lamella + rostrum beak

Example Sentences

The Anseres—Lamellirostral, or soft-billed swimmers, such as the ducks, geese, swans and mergansers, comprising the one family, Anatidæ, which is divided into five subfamilies, with four of which we are concerned, viz.:

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