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“longiroster”
longiroster, longirostral
1. Having a long beak; one of the Longirostres, a family of wading birds distinguished by the length and tenuity [thinness, slenderness] of the bill.
2. A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises.
2. A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises.
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long-, longi-
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rostr-, rostro-, rostri- +
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