airorhynchy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined by Austrian zoologist Helmut Otto Hofer in 1952 as German Airorhynchie, from Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to raise, lift”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).[1]

Noun[edit]

airorhynchy (uncountable)

  1. A retroflexion of the face at the front of the palate in primates.

References[edit]

  1. ^ H. Hofer (1952) “Der Gestaltwandel des Schadels der Saugetiere und Vogel, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der knickungstypen und der Schadelbasis”, in Verhandlungen der anatomischen Gesellschaft Jena (in German), volume 50, page 105
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