fissirostral

fissirostral
/fis'euh ros"treuhl/, adj. Ornith.
1. having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
2. (of the bill) deeply cleft.
[FISSI- + ROSTRAL]

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