frontal shield
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frontal shield — noun also frontal plate : a platelike prolongation of the base of the upper mandible over the forehead that is a characteristic feature of the coots and gallinules … Useful english dictionary
frontal plate — noun see frontal shield … Useful english dictionary
costal shield — (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) The discontinuous frontal shield or part of the frontal shield of cheilostomate zooids, produced by intermittently fused or unfused spines overspreading the uncalcified part of the frontal wall … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Baltic Shield — The Baltic Shield (sometimes referred to as the Fennoscandian Shield) is located in Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden and Finland), northwest Russia and under the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Shield is defined as the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of … Wikipedia
Riot shield — Riot shields are lightweight protection devices deployed by police and some military organizations. Most are a clear polycarbonate, though some are constructed of light metals with a view hole. Riot shields are almost exclusively long enough to… … Wikipedia
Common Moorhen — Eurasian Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus chloropus) Conservation status … Wikipedia
American Coot — Note feet and red top of frontal shield Conservation status … Wikipedia
Macrophistodon plumbicolor — Taxobox | name = Lead Keelback regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Colubridae genus = Macropisthodon species = M. plumbicolor binomial = Macropisthodon plumbicolor binomial… … Wikipedia
gallinule — /gal euh noohl , nyoohl /, n. any aquatic bird of the family Rallidae, having elongated, webless toes. [1770 80; < NL Gallinula a genus name, LL gallinula chicken, equiv. to L gallin(a) hen + ula ULE] * * * Any of several species of marsh birds… … Universalium
postfrontal — I. “+ adjective Etymology: post + frontal : situated behind the frontal bone or frontal region of the skull or in reptiles the frontal shield; specifically : indicating a bone behind and above the orbit of which it commonly forms part of the… … Useful english dictionary
