Etymology

rhamphotheca

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Today it means: A thin horny sheath of keratin on the outer surface of a bird's beak Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥάμφος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥάμφος“beak”
  2. English todayrhamphotheca

From Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “beak”) + theca.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥάμφος all →

rhamphoid

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