brevirostris

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from brevis (“short”) +‎ rostrum (“beak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [brɛ.wɪˈroːs.trɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bre.viˈrɔs.t̪ris]

Adjective

brevirōstris (neuter brevirōstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) having a short beak

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	brevirōstris	brevirōstre		brevirōstrēs	brevirōstria
genitive	brevirōstris			brevirōstrium
dative	brevirōstrī			brevirōstribus
accusative	brevirōstrem	brevirōstre		brevirōstrēs brevirōstrīs	brevirōstria
ablative	brevirōstrī			brevirōstribus
vocative	brevirōstris	brevirōstre		brevirōstrēs	brevirōstria

Descendants

Translingual:

• Aphrodroma brevirostris
• Brachyramphus brevirostris
• Crypturellus brevirostris
• Negaprion brevirostris
• Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
• Rissa brevirostris