longiroster, longirostral 1. Having a long beak; one of the Longirostres, a family of wading birds distinguished by the length and tenuity [thinness, slenderness] of the bill. 2. A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1867/