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Pressirostres

plural noun
Pres·​si·​ros·​tres

Definition of Pressirostres

in former classifications
: a group of birds having a narrow compressed bill

History and Etymology for Pressirostres

New Latin, from pressi- (from Latin pressus, past participle of premere to press) + -rostres (from Latin rostrum beak)

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