longiroster

English

Etymology

From Latin longus (“long”) + rostrum (“beak”). Compare French longirostre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒndʒiɹɒstə(ɹ)/

Noun

longiroster (plural longirosters)

1. (zoology) One of the Longirostres, a family of birds with long, slender bills, such as the snipe.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “longiroster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)