levirostres

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. In ornithology: In Merrem's classification, a group of birds, including the toucans, parrots, and some others, approximately equivalent to the order Psittaci plus the family Rhamphastidæ of modern authors.
2. In Blyth's system (1846), a series or superfamily group of his Picoides, consisting of the toucans, touracous, and colies, or Rham-phastidæ, Musophagidæ, and Coliidæ.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.