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Fissirostres
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Translingual
Etymology
Coined by French zoologist Georges Cuvier as mul NL. Fissirostres, from mul la fissus cleft + mul la rostres beaks.
Noun
mul ornithology obsolete A former classification that grouped together all birds having cleft beaks, such as swallows, nightjars, rollers, etc.
See also
en fissirostral