Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
tomium .
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- noun Plural form of
tomium .
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Scopate tomia: an adaptation for handling hard-shelled prey?
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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As is the case in some other birds that sometimes handle hard-shelled prey, the edges of its tomia are scopate: that is, they possess tiny brush-like structures (Gosner 1993).
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Scopate tomia: an adaptation for handling hard-shelled prey?
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Correlated with this peculiarity the maxilla usually has the tomia sinuated, and is generally concave, and smaller and narrower than the mandible, which is also concave to receive the palatal knob.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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