longipennate

ing long wings. [LONGIPENNATE.] Hav lon-gì-pěn-nēs, s. pl. [Lat. long us =long, and penna a feather.] Ornith.: The name given by Cuvier to a family of Sea Birds containing the long-winged species, which, by their great capability of flight, are spread everywhere over the ocean. He included under it the genera Pro cellar i a, Thala idroma (Petrels), Diomedia, the Albatro , . lön-gi-ros-ter, s. [LONG I ROST RES.] Ornith.: A bird of the order Long i rost res (q. v.). lăn-gi-ros-tral, a. [LONG I ROST RES.] Having a long bill or beak; of or belonging to the Long i rost res (q. v.). lön-gi-ros-trēş, s. pl. [Mod. Latin, from Latin long us long; rostrum =bill or beak, and masc. or fem. pl. suff. -es.] Ornith.: The name given by Cuvier to a family of Wading Birds, having a slender, long, weak bill, with which they grope in mud for worms and small insects. He included under it the genera Scolopax (Snipes), Ibis, Numenius (the Curlew), . long-Ish, a. [Eng. long, a.; -ish.] Rather long, somewhat long.