Tenuirostres

plural noun

Ten·​u·​i·​ros·​tres

-äˌstrēz

in former classifications

: an unnatural group of mostly passerine birds (as hummingbirds, sunbirds, honey eaters, nuthatches) having slender bills

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin tenuis thin + rostrum beak

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