fissirostres

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fissirostres - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fissirostres \Fis`si*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p.
     p. of findere to cleave) + rostrum beak.] (Zool.)
     A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
     [1913 Webster]