单词 | saurognathous |
释义 | saurognathous, a. Ornith.|sɔːˈrɒgnəθəs| [f. mod.L. Saurognathæ pl., f. Gr. σαῦρο-ς lizard + γνάθ-ος jaw: see -ous.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Saurognathæ, W. K. Parker's superfamily of birds, the woodpeckers and their allies, characterized by an arrangement of the bones of the palate similar to that in lizards. So sauˈrognathism, saurognathous formation of the palate.
1874W. K. Parker in Trans. Linnean Soc. Ser. ii. Zool. (1879) I. 9, I am confident that the term ‘saurognathous’ for this kind of palate will not be thought inappropriate. 1884Coues Key N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 173 Saurognathism. 1891Proc. Zool. Soc. 3 Feb. 122 On the Question of Saurognathism of the Pici. By R. W. Shufeldt. |

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