SCAPHIRHYNCHUS

\skˈafəhˌɪnt͡ʃəs], \skˈafəhˌɪnt‍ʃəs], \s_k_ˈa_f_ə_h_ˌɪ_n_tʃ_ə_s]\
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  • skaf-i-ring'kus, n. a genus of tyrant-flycatchers: the shovel-heads or shovel-nosed sturgeons. [Gr. skaph[=e], a skiff, rhyngchos, snout.]
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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