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Anguilla latirostris A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
--Macaulay.
3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
4.
(a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind
cribbing or tubbing. --Raymond.
(c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to
fill out a course. --Knight.
(d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.
(e) A block used for a fulcrum.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris),
found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc. CultirostralCultirostral Cul`ti*ros"tral (-t?-r?s"tral), a. [See
Cultirostres.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a
knife, as the heron, stork, etc. Cultirostres
Cultirostres Cul`ti*ros"tres (-tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill.] (Zo["o]l.)
A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane,
etc.
DentirosterDentiroster Den`ti*ros"ter, n.; pl. Dentirostres. [NL., fr.
L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F.
dentirostre.] (Zo["o]l.)
A dentirostral bird. DentirostralDentirostral Den`ti*ros"tral, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine
birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on
insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under
Beak. Dentirostrate
Dentirostrate Den`ti*ros"trate, a.
Dentirostral.
DentirostresDentiroster Den`ti*ros"ter, n.; pl. Dentirostres. [NL., fr.
L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F.
dentirostre.] (Zo["o]l.)
A dentirostral bird. Heteralocha acutirostrisHuia bird Hu"ia bird` [Native name; -- so called from its
cry.] (Zo["o]l.)
A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris),
remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of
the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and
straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved. LatirostralLatirostral Lat`i*ros"tral, Latirostrous Lat`i*ros"trous, a.
[Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a broad beak. --Sir T. Browne. Latirostres
Latirostres Lat`i*ros"tres, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. latus broad +
rostrum beak.] (Zo["o]l.)
The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and
their allies.
LatirostrousLatirostral Lat`i*ros"tral, Latirostrous Lat`i*ros"trous, a.
[Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a broad beak. --Sir T. Browne. M angustirostrisSea elephant Sea" el"e*phant (Zo["o]l.)
A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the
Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains
a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the
prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile
elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of
smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of
Lower California, but is now nearly extinct. Rectirostral
Rectirostral Rec`ti*ros"tral (r?k`t?*r?s"tral), a. [Recti- +
rostral.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a straight beak.
Serratirostral
Serratirostral Ser*ra`ti*ros"tral, a. [Serrate + rostral.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.
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