tooth billed (tothbild)

In ornith., having one or more tooth-like proce es of the horny integument on the cutting edges of the bill. (a) Dentirostral, as a falcon or a shrike. See cut under dentirostral. (b) Serratirostral, as a sawbill or a humming-bird. See cut under serratirostral. - Tooth-billed bower-bird, a rare and remarkable bower-bird, Sceno Tooth-billed Bower-bird ( Scenopaus den tiro str is). pœus (or Scenopœetes ) den tiro str is, lately discovered (1875) in the Rocking ham Bay district of Australia. - Tooth billed pigeon, Didunculus str i giro str is. See cut under Didunculus.