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Balaenoptera rostrata
Doegling D[oe]g"ling, n. [Native name in Faroe Islands.] (Zo["o]l.) The beaked whale (Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), from which d[oe]gling oil is obtained.
Birostrate
Birostrate Bi*ros`trate, Birostrated Bi*ros"tra*ted, a. [Pref. bi- + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. --Ed. Encyc.
Birostrated
Birostrate Bi*ros`trate, Birostrated Bi*ros"tra*ted, a. [Pref. bi- + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. --Ed. Encyc.
Brevirostral
Brevirostral Brev`i*ros"tral, Brevirostrate Brev`i*ros"trate, a. [L. brevis short + E. rostral, rostrate.] (Zo["o]l.) Short-billed; having a short beak.
Brevirostrate
Brevirostral Brev`i*ros"tral, Brevirostrate Brev`i*ros"trate, a. [L. brevis short + E. rostral, rostrate.] (Zo["o]l.) Short-billed; having a short beak.
Chaetodon rostratus
Archer fish Arch"er fish` (Zo["o]l.) A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch[ae]todon rostratus.
Conirostral
Conirostral Co`ni*ros"tral, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Conirostres.
Cultirostral
Cultirostral Cul`ti*ros"tral (-t?-r?s"tral), a. [See Cultirostres.] (Zo["o]l.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
Cumulostratus
Cumulostratus Cu"mu*lo*stra"tus (k?"m?-l?-str?"t?s), n. (Meteor.) A form of cloud. See Cloud.
Curvirostral
Curvirostral Cur`vi*ros"tral (-r?s"tral), a. [L. curvus + E. rostral.] (Zo["o]l.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.
Dentirostral
Dentirostral Den`ti*ros"tral, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.
Dentirostrate
Dentirostrate Den`ti*ros"trate, a. Dentirostral.
Deprostrate
Deprostrate De*pros"trate, a. Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.] How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. --G. Fletcher.
Entomostraca
Entomostraca En`to*mos"tra*ca, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cut in pieces + ? burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.
Entomostracan
Entomostracan En`to*mos"tra*can, a. (Zo["o]l.) Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n. One of the Entomostraca.
Entomostracous
Entomostracous En`to*mos"tra*cous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Entomostracans.
Erostrate
Erostrate E*ros"trate, a. [Pref. e- out + rostrate.] (Bot.) Without a beak.
Fissirostral
Fissirostral Fis`si*ros"tral, a. [Cf. F. fissirostre.] (Zo["o]l.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.
Heterostichus rostratus
Kelpfish Kelp"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.
Holostraca
Phyllopoda Phyl*lop"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a leaf + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda. Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera.
Holostraca
Holostraca Ho*los"tra*ca, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + ? shell of a testacean.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.
Lamellirostral
Lamellirostral Lam`el*li*ros"tral, a. [Lamella + rostral : cf. F. lamellirostre.] (Zo["o]l.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.
Latirostral
Latirostral Lat`i*ros"tral, Latirostrous Lat`i*ros"trous, a. [Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres.] (Zo["o]l.) Having a broad beak. --Sir T. Browne.
Longirostral
Longirostral Lon`gi*ros"tral, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca Mal`a*cos"tra*ca, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? soft + ? shell of a testacean.] (Zo["o]l.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.
Malacostracan
Malacostracan Mal`a*cos"tra*can, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Malacostraca.
Malacostracology
Malacostracology Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy, n. [Malacostracan + -logy.] That branch of zo["o]logical science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.
malacostracology
Carcinology Car`ci*nol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ? a crab + -logy.] (Zo["o]l.) The department of zo["o]logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
Malacostracous
Malacostracous Mal`a*cos"tra*cous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.
Monostraca
Phyllopoda Phyl*lop"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a leaf + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda. Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera.

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