Schizognathous

[ski'zɔgnәθәs]

Definition

(a.) 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.

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Definition

adj. having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer as in the gulls plovers &c.—n.pl. Schizog′nāth?/span> a subdivision of the carinate birds.—n. Schizog′nāthism.

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