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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DENTIROSTRAL

DENTIROSTRAL Den `ti *ros "tral, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N ) under Beak.