opisthocomine
English
Adjective
opisthocomine (not comparable)
- (zoology, ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Opisthocomidae, which is represented by the sole extant genus Opisthocomus and species Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin).
- 1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764,
- Opisthocomus lives upon fruits, leaves, etc. […] No fossil forms of opisthocomine birds are known.
- 1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764,
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