dentiroster

English

Etymology

denti- + Latin rostrum (“beak”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntəɹɑstəɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntɒɹstəɹ/

Noun

dentiroster (plural dentirosters)

1. A dentirostral bird
   • 1985, Gioconda Belli, Marc Zimmerman, Nicaragua in Reconstruction & at War: The People Speak : a Collage of Chronology, Analysis, Poetry, Etc. Portraying Insurrection, Reconstruction, Cultural Revolution & U.S. Intervention : Poetry, page 271:

     A dentiroster alights and sings on the branch of the plum tree.