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English
Etymology
dromæognath(ous) + -ism
Pronunciation
Noun
dromæognathism (uncountable)
- (ornithology) The particular arrangement in palatal structure typified by the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.
1890, Elliott Coues, Handbook of Field and General Ornithology: A Manual of the Structure and Classification of Birds, Macmillan, page 249:Dromæognathism (Gr. δρομαῖος, dromaios, a runner : genus-name of the emeu). All the Ratite birds, and the tinamous of Carinate birds, are dromæognathous.
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