longirostrine

English

Etymology

longi- +‎ rostrum +‎ -ine

Adjective

longirostrine (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian
   • 2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The association of longirostrine and tuskless mandibles is very rare in proboscideans, and only Choerolophodon (family Choerolophodontidae, sensu [23 ]), a recently described new genus of Mammutidae [44 ], as well as the non-amebelodontine trilophodont gomphotheres Gnathabelodon and Eubelodon show these two conditions simultaneously.

Related terms

• longiroster
• longirostry