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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...
- 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...
- support of Odontoanserae as both groups have "soft rhamphotheca, or dela**** hardening of the rhamphotheca." In addition to Pelagornithidae and Anseriformes...
- Skull without the rhamphotheca...
- it on wood. The beak consists of three layers; an outer sheath called rhamphotheca, made of scales formed from keratin proteins, an inner layer of bone...
- was over half a metre long and also toothless, likely equipped with a rhamphotheca (horny beak). Compared to the right side, the left side of the jaws is...
- also affects the evolution of rhamphotheca and skeletal beak shape. Plunge-diving birds have narrower and thinner rhamphotheca, resulting in different beak...