dromæognathism

UK/ˌdɹɒmiːˈɒɡnəθɪzm/

noun

The particular arrangement in palatal structure typified by the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.

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Meanings

noundromæognathism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe particular arrangement in palatal structure typified by the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.

    Dromæognathism (Gr. δρομαῖος, dromaios, a runner : genus-name of the emeu). All the Ratite birds, and the tinamous of Carinate birds, are dromæognathous.

    1890, Elliott Coues, Handbook of Field and General Ornithology: A Manual of the Structure and Classification of Birds, Macmillan, page 249

Origin

dromæognath(ous) + -ism

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