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Thesaurus: desmognathous

Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

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  1. a. Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
  2. Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
  3. Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a groupof carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading andswimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and otherkinds.