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Lamellirostres
plural noun
La·mel·li·ros·tres
Definition of Lamellirostres
in some classifications
: a group of birds including the ducks, geese, swans, mergansers, and usually the flamingos and having tranverse ridges like teeth just inside the edges of the bill — compare anseres
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Origin and Etymology of lamellirostres
New Latin, from lamell- + -rostres (from Latin rostrum beak)
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