Rhamphotheca definitions

Rhamphotheca

• (n.) The horny covering of the bill of birds.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/rhamphotheca/

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rhamphotheca

(from the article `bird`) The bill is covered with a sheet of keratin, the rhamphotheca, which in petrels and a few other birds is divided into plates. In birds that probe for ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/42

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Rhamphotheca

Rham`pho·the'ca noun ; plural Rhamphothecæ . [ New Latin , from Gr 'ra`mnos a beak + ...... a case.] (Zoology) The horny covering of the bill of birds.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/75

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Rhamphotheca

horny covering of bill
Found on http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiv

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Rhamphotheca

A horny sheath that covers both jaws of a birds' beak.
Found on http://www.sialis.org/glossary.htm

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rhamphotheca

Outer covering (sheath) of the beak.
Found on https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/bird-academys-a-to-z-glossary-of-bird-ter

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rhamphotheca

Outer covering (sheath) of the beak; it grows throughout a bird's life. In most birds it is hard and horny, but in waterfowl, pigeons, and some shorebirds it is soft and leathery.
Found on https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/bird-academys-a-to-z-glossary-of-bird-ter

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Rhamphotheca

Keratinised outer layer of bill.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22222

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