cultirostral

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adjective

Having a bill shaped like the coulter of a plough, or like a knife.

OriginLatin culter →
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Meanings

adjectivecultirostral (comparative more cultirostral, superlative most cultirostral)

comparative more cultirostral · superlative most cultirostral

  1. obsoletebiologyHaving a bill shaped like the coulter of a plough, or like a knife.

Origin

  1. Latinculter“knife”
  2. Englishcultirostral

From Latin culter (“knife”) + rōstrum (“beak”).

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APA

cultirostral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultirostral

MLA

“cultirostral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultirostral. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultirostral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultirostral.

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