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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.
Meaning of TIROS from wikipedia
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Observation Satellite (
TIROS) is a
series of
early weather satellites launched by the
United States,
beginning with
TIROS-1 in 1960.
TIROS was the
first satellite...
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Observation Satellite (
TIROS program),
American weather satellites All
pages with
titles beginning with
Tiro All
pages with
titles containing Tiro This disambiguation...
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Tiros is a
Brazilian muni****lity
located in the
northwest of the
state of
Minas Gerais. Its po****tion as of 2020 was 6,424
people living in a total...
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TIROS-1 (or
TIROS-A) was the
first full-scale
weather satellite (the
Vanguard 2
satellite was the
first experimental/prototype
weather satellite), the...
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TIROS-7 (also
called TIROS-G or A-52) was a spin-stabilized
meteorological satellite. It was the
seventh in a
series of
Television Infrared Observation...
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TIROS-I may
refer to:
TIROS-1, the
first TIROS satellite TIROS-9, the
ninth TIROS satellite This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the...
- Club de
Gimnasia y
Tiro is an
Argentine football club,
based in the city of Salta. The team
currently plays in
Primera Nacional, the
second division of...
- (ESSA). It was part of a
series of
satellites called ITOS, or
improved TIROS.
TIROS-M was
launched on a
Delta rocket on
January 23, 1970. The
launch carried...
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Tiro (/ˈtaɪroʊ/ TY-roh) is a
village in
Crawford County, Ohio,
United States. The po****tion was 219 at the 2020 census.
According to the
United States...
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TIROS-N
satellite is the
first of the
TIROS-N series. It is a
weather satellite launched on 13
October 1978. It was
designed to
become operational during...
