decurved
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of decurved
First recorded in 1825–35; de- + curved ( def. )
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The ducks have vanished, but Dugan discovers a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, and Gallo and Bonomo get two Whimbrels, large, leggy shorebirds with long, decurved bills.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2021
Its short, decurved bill and green cere give it a very peculiar expression, and its almost uniform grey plumage, bearing rounded black spots, is also remarkable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
KU 3516 has a rather sharp snout and thin, straight lips that are strongly suggestive of N. whipplei, rather than N. lutrensis, in which the snout is rounded and the lips are more obliquely decurved.
From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Frank B. Cross
Toes two in front, two behind; bill, usually, more or less decurved; tail, long and rounded, the outer feathers being, generally, much shorter than the middle pair.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
The hybrid is intermediate in curvature of the lateral line, which is nearly straight in Rhinichthys and strongly decurved in Gila.
From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Frank B. Cross
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