- the "Avosetta of the Italians".
Avocets have long legs and long, thin,
upcurved bills which they
sweep from side to side when
feeding in the
brackish or...
- Monodontidae. The
narwhal has a
robust body with a short,
blunt snout,
small upcurved flippers, and
convex to
concave tail flukes.
Adults measure 3.0 to 5.5 m...
-
diameter up to 1 m (3 ft). The
trunk is
vertical and
branches horizontal to
upcurved. The bark is dark gray-brown to near black,
deeply furrowed, with long...
- the branches. Each has up to 30
lateral veins that may be
straight or
upcurved, at 50 to 90
degrees to the midrib. All
parts produce a
white sticky latex...
- 25–35 m (80–115 ft) tall,
rarely 45 m (150 ft).
Foliage blue-green,
strongly upcurved to
erect on all
except weak,
shaded shoots in the
lower crown;
leaves mostly...
- , 1999). The
mouthparts are
quite diagnostic,
usually with prominent,
upcurved "labial palps", the
third segment long (especially in females), and the...
- are
arranged spirally on the shoot, but
twisted slightly S-shaped to be
upcurved above the shoot. The
cones are erect, 9–21 cm (3+1⁄2–8+1⁄4 in) long, yellow-green...
- It is
distinguished from
Hypnale nepa by
variably colored body and less
upcurved snout. No
subspecies are
currently recognized.
Hypnale zara has 10–19 minute...
- 1
meter (3.3 ft) long. Its most
notable feature are its long, narrow,
upcurved jaws with a
pointed tip. It had no
teeth in the
front part of its jaws...
- and
females are
mainly rufous. The stubby,
hefty bill has a
distinctly upcurved lower mandible and a
straight culmen (a
large version of the
bills of the...
