Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fissirostral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fis-siros-tral
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and nightjars.

adj

Belonging to the Fissirostres.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that all-in-a-heap appearance and jerking motion of the head and tail which are so characteristic of the great Fissirostral group to which it belongs."

Etymology

From fissi- + rostral; or else Fissirostres + -al.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more fissirostral (comparative) most fissirostral (superlative)

Questions

What does fissirostral mean?: Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and nightjars.
Where does fissirostral come from?: From fissi- + rostral; or else Fissirostres + -al.

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