SCHIZOGNATHOUS
\skˈɪtsəɡnˌaθəs], \skˈɪtsəɡnˌaθəs], \s_k_ˈɪ_t_s_ə_ɡ_n_ˌa_θ_ə_s]\
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Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
By Oddity Software
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Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
By Noah Webster.
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The arrangement of jaws when the vomer is small and pointed in front and maxillopalatines do not unite with each other and the vomer, as in the Pigeon.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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[Greek] Appl. the arrangement of jaws when the vomer is small and pointed in front and maxillopalatines do not unite with each other and the vomer, as in the Pigeon (zool.).
By J.H. Kenneth
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sk[=i]-zog'n[=a]-thus, adj. having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, as in the gulls, plovers, &c.--n.pl. SCHIZOG'N[=A]THÆ, a subdivision of the carinate birds.--n. SCHIZOG'N[=A]THISM. [Gr. schizein, to cleave, gnathos, the jaw.]
By Thomas Davidson
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