Dertrotheca

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dertrotheca \Der`tro*the"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? beak + ? box,
     case.] (Zool.)
     The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds. Dervise
     Dervish