rhamphotheca

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rhamphotheca - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rhamphotheca \Rham`pho*the"ca\, n.; pl. Rhamphothecae. [NL.,
     fr. Gr "ra`mnos a beak + ?? a case.] (Zool.)
     The horny covering of the bill of birds.
     [1913 Webster]