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Pressiroster

Presˊsi-ros′ter

,
Noun.
[L.
presssus
pressed (p. p. of
premere
) +
rostrum
beak: cf. F.
pressirostre
. See 4th
Press
.]
(Zool.)
One of a tribe of wading birds (
Pressirostres
) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.