schizognathous
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schizognathous
[ski′zäg·nə·thəs] (vertebrate zoology)
Descriptive of birds having a palate in which the vomer is small and pointed, the maxillopalatines are not united with each other or with the vomer, and the palatines articulate posteriorly with the rostrum.
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