Pres`si*ros"ter (?), n. [L. presssus pressed (p. p. of premere) + rostrum beak: cf. F. pressirostre. See 4th Press.] Zool.
One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
© Webster 1913.
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