Longirostrine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Longirostrine is an adjective meaning (zoology) Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian.
Meaning
(zoology) Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian.
Example Sentences
The association of longirostrine and tuskless mandibles is very rare in proboscideans, and only Choerolophodon (family Choerolophodontidae, sensu [23 ]), a recently described new genus of Mammutidae [44 ], as well as the non-amebelodontine trilophodont gomphotheres Gnathabelodon and Eubelodon show these two conditions simultaneously.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include longirostral, latirostrate, curvirostral, mesorostral, suprarostral, longicorn.
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