Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LA-MEL-LI-ROS'TRAL
LA-MEL-LI-ROS'TRAL, n. [L. lamella and rostrum.]
One of a tribe of swimming birds, in which the margin of the beak is furnished with lamels, or thin dental plates, as the goose, duck, and swan. – Brande.
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