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Etymology

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From denti- + Latin rostrum (beak).

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Noun

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dentiroster (plural dentirosters)

  1. A dentirostral bird
    • 1985, Gioconda Belli, Marc Zimmerman, Nicaragua in Reconstruction & at War: The People Speak : a Collage of Chronology, Analysis, Poetry, Etc. Portraying Insurrection, Reconstruction, Cultural Revolution & U.S. Intervention : Poetry, page 271:
      A dentiroster alights and sings on the branch of the plum tree.