• (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
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Des·mog'na·thous adjective [ Greek
desmo`s bond +
gna`qos jaw.]
(Zoology) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (
Desmognathæ ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and ...
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Palate in which maxillopalatine bones are fused, as in ducks and geese.
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