Ægithalus (ejithalus)

[NL., 92 Reading ægrot at, in some universities, leave taken, commonly in December, in order to get time to read for one's degree. A carnivorous mammal Car in atæ, having the bones of the palate disposed as in the sparrow and other pa erine birds, and embracing the pa erines, swifts, and woodpeckers. See ægithognathism.