fissirostral

[ fis-uh-ros-truhl ]

adjectiveOrnithology.
  1. having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.

  2. (of the bill) deeply cleft.

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British Dictionary definitions for fissirostral

fissirostral

/ (ˌfɪsɪˈrɒstrəl) /


adjective
  1. (of the beaks of some birds) broad and deeply cleft

  2. having such a beak, as swifts and swallows

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