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Rhamphotheca

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Rhamˊpho-the′ca

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Noun.
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pl.
Rhamphothecae
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[NL., fr. Gr
ῥάμνοσ
a beak + [GREEK][GREEK] a case.]
(Zool.)
The horny covering of the bill of birds.