The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Longiroster \Lon`gi*ros"ter\, n.; pl. L. Longirostres, E.
Longirosters. [L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F.
longirostre.] (Zool.)
One of the Longirostres.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Longirostres \Lon`gi*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long
+ rostrum beak.] (Zool.)
A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills,
as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as
an artificial division.
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