Pressiroster

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

  Pressiroster \Pres`si*ros"ter\, n. [L. presssus pressed (p. p.
     of premere) + rostrum beak: cf. F. pressirostre. See 4th
     {Press}.] (Zool.)
     One of a tribe of wading birds ({Pressirostres}) including
     those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
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