Pomarine

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

  Pomarine \Po"ma*rine\, a. [Gr. ? a lid + ?, ?, nose.] (Zool.)
     Having the nostril covered with a scale.
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     {Pomarine jager} (Zool.), a North Atlantic jager
        ({Stercorarius pomarinus}) having the elongated middle


        tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
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