opisthocomine

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adjective

Of or pertaining to birds of the family Opisthocomidae, which is represented by the sole extant genus Opisthocomus and species Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin).

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Meanings

adjectiveopisthocomine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to birds of the family Opisthocomidae, which is represented by the sole extant genus Opisthocomus and species Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin).

    Opisthocomus lives upon fruits, leaves, etc.[…]No fossil forms of opisthocomine birds are known.

    1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764
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