单词 |
metagnathous |
释义 |
metagnathous, a.|mɛˈtægnəθəs| [f. Gr. µετά meta- + γνάθος jaw + -ous.] Having the tips of the mandibles crossed. Hence meˈtagnathism, the condition of being metagnathous.
1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 24 The metagnathous [class], in which the points of the mandibles cross each other. 1890― Field & Gen. Ornithol. ii. 150 Each mandible may be oppositely falcate, as in the crossbill, constituting metagnathism. |

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