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Definition of Aduncate
1. adunc [adj] - See also: adunc
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aduncate
Literary usage of Aduncate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1823)
"It varies from the Plesiosaurus in the same respect, and in the teeth, though
conical, being not so long proportionably, nor in the same degree aduncate as ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1820)
"The Lord aduncate had no doubt but that he should be able to satisfy the House
of the propriety of any measure of tin's sort which had been adopted, ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1840)
"This species is characterized by its relatively large teeth, with expanded or
ventricose bases, and round, conical, slightly aduncate crowns, which taper ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... and such ' aduncate' beak is seen in the Frigate-bird, Tropic- 6O bird,
Albatross, Petrel, fig. 52, but combined with length in these piscivorous birds. ..."
5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... and such ' aduncate' beak is seen in the Frigate-bird, Tropic- 60 bird,
Albatross, Petrel, fig. 52, but combined with length in these piscivorous birds. ..."
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