fissirostral

[ fis-uh-ros-truhl ]

adjective

, Ornithology.

1. having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
2. (of the bill) deeply cleft.

fissirostral

/ ˌfɪsɪˈrɒstrəl /

adjective

1. (of the beaks of some birds) broad and deeply cleft
2. having such a beak, as swifts and swallows

Word History and Origins

Origin of fissirostral¹

fissi- + rostral