curvirostris

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from curvus (“bent”) +‎ -i- +‎ rōstrum (“beak”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kur.u̯iˈroːs.tris/, [kʊru̯ɪˈroːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kur.viˈros.tris/, [kurviˈrɔst̪ris]

Adjective

Campylomormyrus curvirostris

Cape lark, Certhilauda curvirostris

curvirōstris (neuter curvirōstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having a bent, curved or hooked beak

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	curvirōstris	curvirōstre		curvirōstrēs	curvirōstria
genitive	curvirōstris			curvirōstrium
dative	curvirōstrī			curvirōstribus
accusative	curvirōstrem	curvirōstre		curvirōstrēs curvirōstrīs	curvirōstria
ablative	curvirōstrī			curvirōstribus
vocative	curvirōstris	curvirōstre		curvirōstrēs	curvirōstria

Related terms

• curvirostra