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Meanings of upper mandible in inglés

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Usage of upper mandible in inglés
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The snout is elongated, the upper mandible extending very little beyond the lower.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
2
They have straight, long, pointed bills, with a keel on the upper mandible.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
3
The stripe corresponding to the deep yellow stripe on the upper mandible is sky-blue.
Wanderings in South America
4
In the Bagadotten the upper mandible is remarkably arched, and the premaxillary bones are proportionally broader.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
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The beak is very broad, while the dilated ridge on the upper mandible is distinctly curved.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
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The upper mandible is often slightly arched.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
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But in the parrot the upper mandible is also hinged, so that each plays freely on the other.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
8
He is a handsome fellow, little over ten inches long, with a short, powerful beak, the upper mandible sharply curved.
Nature's Serial Story
9
On the base of the bill is a fleshy tubercle or knob, and the upper mandible is curved at the tip.
The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
10
The beak has on the upper mandible an excrescence which in some species is nearly as large as the bill itself.
Birds of the Indian Hills
11
In birds generally the upper mandible is more or less joined to the skull, leaving only the lower jaw free to move.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
12
It differs from the typical Picus only in the beak, not being quite so strong, and in the upper mandible being slightly arched.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
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The upper mandible, which is convex in other birds, is flattened in the flamingo, whilst the lower, instead of being flat, is convex.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
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So it is indeed in many breeds: thus I had two strains of black Barbs, which evidently differed in the curvature of the upper mandible.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
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Upper mandible slightly curved down at the point.
Love's Meinie: Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
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"I see a pair of little holes at the root of the upper mandible," said Rap.
Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
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