gonys

 [goh-nis]  

go·nys

   [goh-nis]
noun
the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
Origin:
1830–40; < Neo-Latin, probably erroneously for Greek génys jaw

Related forms
go·nyd·e·al, go·nyd·i·al  [goh-nid-ee-uhl] , adjective
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