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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In ornithology, pomatorhine : only applied to the pomarine jäger or skua-gull, Stercorarius pomarinus or pomatorhinus.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. zoology Having the nostril covered with a scale.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Zoöl.) Having the nostril covered with a scale.

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek a lid + nose. (Wiktionary)

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  • “Birds visiting the area include Brent goose Branta bernicla, common eider Somateria mollissima, red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator, pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus, Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea and Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia.”

    Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland

  • “Keen-eyed observers on Lake Champlain spotted a Sabine's gull, black-legged kittiwake and pomarine, long-tailed and parasitic jaegers (the latter three being larger gull species).”

    RutlandHerald.com

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