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Webster 1913 Edition

Pressiroster

Presˊsi-ros′ter

,

Noun.

[L.

presssus

pressed (p. p. of

premere

) +

rostrum

beak: cf. F.

pressirostre

. See 4th

.]

(Zool.)

One of a tribe of wading birds (

Pressirostres

) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.