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PRESSIROSTER

\pɹˈɛsɪɹˌɒstə], \pɹˈɛsɪɹˌɒstə], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_ɹ_ˌɒ_s_t_ə]\

Definitions of PRESSIROSTER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

pres-si-ros't[.e]r, n. one of a tribe of wading birds, the PRESSIROS'TRES, having a flattened beak.--adj. PRESSIROS'TRAL. [L. pressus, pa.p. of prem[)e]re, to press, rostrum, a beak.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

n. [Latin] One of a tribe of wading birds having a compressed or flattened beak, as the plover, lapwing, &c.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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