Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mandibular ramus of a bird's bill; either prong or fork of the lower mandible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.
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- noun zoology The
ramus of the lowerjaw of abird as far as it is naked.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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