- In anatomy, the
tomium is the
sharp cutting edge of the beak of a bird or the bill of a turtle.
Sometimes the edge is
serrated for
tearing through flesh...
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species of "falcons". All
these birds kill prey with
their beaks,
using a
tomial "tooth" on the side of
their beaks—unlike the hawks,
eagles and
other larger...
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sharp projections, as do the shrikes. The
tomial teeth of
falcons are
underlain by bone,
while the
shrike tomial teeth are
entirely keratinous. Some fish-eating...
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irises are brown. The beak is short, black, and hooked, and
contains a
tomial tooth to help tear into prey. It is
difficult to **** an
adult loggerhead...
- It has a long tail and
relatively small bill, on each side of
which is a
tomial tooth; the
upper mandible bears a
triangular ridge which fits a corresponding...
- The
smaller members of the
order have a comb-like mandible, made by the
tomial plate, for
plankton feeding. Most
members of the
order are
unable to walk...
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nasal bars were also narrower, the
mandibular symphysis was longer, and the
tomial crest, or
cutting edge, of the
mandible was straighter. C.
viriosus has...
- base of the beak, eyes, and legs are all yellow. The beak is
black with a
tomial tooth. The
claws are
black and the eyes are dark brown. The legs are a dull...
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straight bills that are
longer than
their heads,
along with
curved culmens and
tomial serrations. The
lower mandible appears to have some
yellowish colorations...
- to its own size such as
mammals and reptiles.
Loggerhead shrikes have "
tomial teeth".
These projections in
their mandible jab at the
spinal cord of their...
