dentiroster
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
denti- + Latin rostrum (“beak”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛntəɹɑstəɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛntɒɹstəɹ/
Noun[edit]
dentiroster (plural dentirosters)
- A dentirostral bird
- 1985, Gioconda Belli, Marc Zimmerman, Nicaragua in Reconstruction & at War: The People Speak : a Collage of Chronology, Analysis, Poetry, Etc. Portraying Insurrection, Reconstruction, Cultural Revolution & U.S. Intervention : Poetry, page 271:
- A dentiroster alights and sings on the branch of the plum tree.