desmognathous
English
Etymology
desmo- + -gnathous
Adjective
desmognathous (not comparable)
- (zoology) having the maxillopalatine bones united; applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, such as ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for desmognathous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)