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Definition: DERTROTHECA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dertrotheca" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Dertrotheca \Der`tro*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression beak box, case.]. (references)

Definition: DERTROTHECA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DERTROTHECA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Dertrotheca \Der`tro*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression beak box, case.]. (references)