airorhynchy

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noun

A retroflexion of the face at the front of the palate in primates.

OriginGerman Airorhynchie ← Ancient Greek ἀείρω →
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Meanings

nounairorhynchy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA retroflexion of the face at the front of the palate in primates.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀείρω“to raise, lift”
  2. GermanAirorhynchie
  3. Englishairorhynchy

Coined by Austrian zoologist Helmut Otto Hofer in 1952 as German Airorhynchie, from Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to raise, lift”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”).

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