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parrot-jaw — parrˈot beak, parrˈot bill or parrˈot jaw noun The New Zealand glory pea, from the form of its flowers • • • Main Entry: ↑parrot … Useful english dictionary
parrot mouth — noun or parrot jaw : a congenital anomaly of the mouth of a grazing animal in which the upper incisors project over the lower thus preventing apposition and interfering with normal prehension and mastication of food • parrot mouthed… … Useful english dictionary
Parrot — Taxobox name = Parrots fossil range = fossil range|54|0Early Eocene – Recent image width = 240px image caption = Peach fronted Parakeets Aratinga aurea regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo =… … Wikipedia
Jaw — The bones below the mouth (the mandible) and the bone above the mouth just above the mouth (the maxilla). The word jaw came from the Anglo Saxon ceowan meaning to chew. * * * 1. One of the two bony structures, in which the teeth are set, forming… … Medical dictionary
parrot fish — noun : any of numerous marine percoid fish having the teeth in each jaw fused into a cutting plate or parrotlike beak: a. : a fish of the family Scaridae b. : any of various wrasses c. : a fish of the family Oplegnathidae called also false parrot … Useful english dictionary
parrot-beak — parrˈot beak, parrˈot bill or parrˈot jaw noun The New Zealand glory pea, from the form of its flowers • • • Main Entry: ↑parrot … Useful english dictionary
parrot-bill — parrˈot beak, parrˈot bill or parrˈot jaw noun The New Zealand glory pea, from the form of its flowers • • • Main Entry: ↑parrot … Useful english dictionary
parrot fish — noun Date: 1712 any of a family (Scaridae) of usually brightly colored chiefly tropical marine fishes that have the teeth in each jaw fused into a cutting plate resembling a beak … New Collegiate Dictionary
psittaciform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of the group of more than 360 species of generally brightly coloured, noisy birds, to which the general name parrot may be applied. All belong to just two families. In the family Psittacidae are parakeets… … Universalium
Equine conformation — [original research?] Parts of a horse Equine conformation evaluates the degree of correctness of a horse s bone structure, musculature, and its body proportions in relation to each other. Undesirable conformat … Wikipedia
