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/ram'feuh thee"keuh/, n.the horny covering of a bird's bill.[1865-70; < Gk rhámpho(s) beak + THECA]
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Rhamphotheca — Rham pho*the ca, n.; pl. {Rhamphothec[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr ra mnos a beak + ?? a case.] (Zo[ o]l.) The horny covering of the bill of birds. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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rhamphotheca — rham·pho·the·ca … English syllables
rhamphotheca — ˌram(p)fəˈthēkə noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from rhamph + theca : the horny sheath composed of modified scales of a bird s bill … Useful english dictionary
Rhamphothecae — Rhamphotheca Rham pho*the ca, n.; pl. {Rhamphothec[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr ra mnos a beak + ?? a case.] (Zo[ o]l.) The horny covering of the bill of birds. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
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