a. [ See Cultirostres. ] (Zool.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill. ] (Zool.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. (Zool.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dentirostral. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. latus broad + rostrum beak. ] (Zool.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Recti- + rostral. ] (Zool.) Having a straight beak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Serrate + rostral. ] (Zool.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] Same as Tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned freedman and amanuensis of Cicero. ] Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]