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lamellirostral

American

[luh-mel-uh-ros-truhl] / ləˌmɛl əˈrɒs trəl /

Also lamellirostrate

adjective

Ornithology.

having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.

lamellirostral British

/ ləˌmɛlɪˈrɒstrəl, ləˌmɛlɪˈrɒstreɪt /

adjective

(of ducks, geese, etc) having a bill fringed with thin plates on the inner edge for straining water from food

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Etymology

Origin of lamellirostral

1825–35; < New Latin lāmellirostr ( is ) + -al ¹. See lamelli-, rostral

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