gonys

gonys
gonydeal, gonydial /goh nid"ee euhl/, adj.
/goh"nis/, n.
the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, esp. prominent in gulls.
[1830-40; < NL, prob. erroneously for Gk génys jaw]

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