birostrate

birostrate: birostrate /bī-rosˈtrāt/

adjective

Double-beaked

ORIGIN: L bi- twice, and rōstrātus beaked, from rōstrum a beak

* * *
birostrate, -ated, a.
(baɪˈrɒstreɪt, -ɪd)

[f. bi- prefix² 1 + rostrate, ad. L. rostrātus, f. rostrum beak.]

Two-beaked; having a double beak or two beak-like processes.

in Craig.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Birostrate — Bi*ros trate, Birostrated Bi*ros tra*ted, a. [Pref. bi + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. [1913 Webster] The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. Ed. Encyc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
birostrate — adj. [L. bis, two; rostrum, beak] Having two beak like processes … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
birostrate — adjective Having two beaks (or beak like structures) … Wiktionary
Birostrated — Birostrate Bi*ros trate, Birostrated Bi*ros tra*ted, a. [Pref. bi + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. [1913 Webster] The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. Ed. Encyc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias