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Webster 1913 Edition

Conirostres

‖

Coˊni-ros′tres

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

conus

cone +

rostrum

beak: cf. F.

conirostre

.]

(Zool.)

A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.