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Definition of Rhamphotheca

Rhamphotheca
Rhamphotheca Rham`pho*the"ca, n.; pl. Rhamphothec[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr "ra`mnos a beak + ?? a case.] (Zo["o]l.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.

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- are covered with a thin keratinized layer of epidermis known as the rhamphotheca. In most species, two holes called nares lead to the respiratory system...
- outer layer – the rhamphothecagrows in size and turns bright yellow with a dark orange tip. The size and color of the rhamphotheca helps to attract...
- the volume which is a cellular solid. The exterior layer, known as the rhamphotheca, is composed of several layers of overlapping sheets of beta keratin...
- skull. Oviraptor had toothless jaws that ended in a robust, parrot-like rhamphotheca (horny beak). The curvature of the dentary tip was down-turned but less...
- Skull without the rhamphotheca...
- horn-like extension of the beak (the anatomic term for this extension is the rhamphotheca). This horn is only present in breeding adults, and like the elaborate...
- would have been a slow-moving, long-necked, high browser equipped with a rhamphotheca (horny beak) and a wide torso for food processing. Its forelimbs were...
- support of Odontoanserae as both groups have "soft rhamphotheca, or dela**** hardening of the rhamphotheca." In addition to Pelagornithidae and Anseriformes...
- grooves in the horny covering of the bill. This covering is called the rhamphotheca. The paleognath pattern has one central strip of horn, with long, triangular...
- annectens, and whether it was an indicator of ****ual dimorphism. A preserved rhamphotheca present in the E. annectens specimen LACM 23502, housed in the Los Angeles...