desmognathous

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English

Etymology

desmo- +‎ -gnathous

Adjective

desmognathous (not comparable)

(zoology, obsolete) belonging to a former taxonomic group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), having the maxillopalatine bones united

References

“desmognathous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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