cultrate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of cultrate
1855–60; < Latin cultrātus knife-shaped, equivalent to cultr- (stem of culter ) knife + -ātus -ate 1
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Beak convex, cultrate; nostrils covered by recumbent bristly feathers: 19 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Beak shorter than the head, cultrate, hooked, serrated: 3 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Beak cultrate, convex, bareish at the base: 8 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Description.—Black, glossed with bronzy and purplish; bill and feet black; bill with the culmen much elevated, compressed and cultrate: whole length 13·0 inches, wing 5·5, tail 7·0.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Beak convex, curved, cultrate, large, serrated; forehead covered with a horny plate: 4 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
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