longirostrine

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English

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Etymology

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From longi- +‎ rostrum +‎ -ine.

Adjective

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longirostrine (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian
    • 2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The association of longirostrine and tuskless mandibles is very rare in proboscideans, and only Choerolophodon (family Choerolophodontidae, sensu [23 ]), a recently described new genus of Mammutidae [44 ], as well as the non-amebelodontine trilophodont gomphotheres Gnathabelodon and Eubelodon show these two conditions simultaneously.
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