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Definition of A longirostris

A longirostris
Penguin Pen"guin, n. [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass. Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica, and A. longirostris) are the largest; the jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers (Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds. 2. (Bot.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also pinguin.] Arctic penguin (Zo["o]l.), the great auk. See Auk.

Meaning of A longirostris from wikipedia

- The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-s**** tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays...
- Mormyrus longirostris, commonly referred as the eastern bottle-nosed mormyrid, is a medium-sized ray-finned fish species belonging to the family Mormyridae...
- Salamandra longirostris, the Penibetic salamander or long-snouted salamander, is a species of urodelan amphibian of the family Salamandridae. It is endemic...
- WWII. Grippia longirostris was an entirely marine species and is considered to be the most basal example of Ichthyopterygia. G. longirostris measured in...
- curved. Rarely, F. longirostris can be found in an all-black form, as well, or the yellow portion may be brown. F. longirostris is a diurnal omnivore,...
- Bosmina longirostris is a species of water flea found in the Great Lakes and Central Europe. It is found in the plankton near the s****line of lakes and...
- (Plestiodon longirostris) is a critically endangered species and the only endemic land-living vertebrate of Bermuda. It is a relatively small skink (a kind of...
- Geographic. Media related to Oxymonacanthus longirostris at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Oxymonacanthus longirostris at Wikispecies Photos of Orange spotted...
- Ptéro-Dactyle again to Pterodactylus, but the specific name he then gave, longirostris, has to give precedence to von Sömmerring's antiquus. In 1888, English...
- synonymous with B. cr****irostris) (syn: Hemirhynchus heckelii Kner, 1867) B. longirostris Lambe, 1902 - Santonian to late Maastrichtian of the Americas, including...