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CIDE DICTIONARY

longirostres

CIDE DICTIONARY

longirostresn. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + rostrum beak.].
     A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.  [1913 Webster]

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