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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In ornith., the integument of the gnathidium; the horny or leathery investment of the under mandible.

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  1. n. The horny covering of the lower part of a bird's beak.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

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  1. Ancient Greek γνάθος ("jaw") + θήκη ("sheath") (Wiktionary)

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  1. rhamphotheca

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