metagnathous

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ -gnathous.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /mɪˈtæɡnəθəs/

Adjective

metagnathous (not comparable)

(zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill

Related terms

metagnathism

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “metagnathous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)