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gonyses

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go⋅nys

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

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