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DESMOGNATHOUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

Having the maxillo-palatine bones united.

OBS

applied to a group of carinate birds including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
OBS

[...] chez les oiseaux [il existe] quatre types principaux de structures palatines [...]. [Dans le type desmognathe] les prévomers ont perdu leur contact avec les ptérygoïdes et, en outre [...] les maxillaires se touchent encore ou fusionnent sur la ligne médiane tandis que les prévomers, relativement courts, sont extrêmement minces et parfois absents [...]

Spanish

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