Etymology

brevirostral

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Today it means: Having a short beak or bill Full definition →

Latin brevis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombrevis“short”
  2. English todaybrevirostral

Latin brevis (“short”) + English rostral.

Words from the same roots

Latinbrevis all →

briefbrevebrevetbrevi-brevipenbrevipennatebreviumsemibreve

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