Gull Bill

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The bill of the gull (Laridae) is epignathous: “hook-billed; having the end of the upper mandible decurved over and beyond that of the lower one.” -Whitney, 1911

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Laridae, ornithology, bird anatomy, gull bill, seagull beak, epignathous bill, hook bill

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Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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