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Webster 1913 Edition


Schizognathous

Schi-zog′na-thous

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Adj.
[
Schizo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] the jaw.]
(Zool.)
Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.