culmen
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2VERB + CULMEN
base
CULMEN + NOUN
honesty
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noun
Top; summit.
the Shibboleth and Culmen of Honesty
The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
The measurements were taken as follows: wing length, from the carpal joint to the tip of the longest primary; tarsus length, from the tibiotarsal joint to the distal undivided scute; upper mandible length, the chord length from the point where the culmen enters the feathers of the head to the tip; bill depth, in the vertical plane level at the anterior edge of the nares.
A very simple form was found in the carving shown in Pl. 17, fig. 13, where a long projecting knob is seen at the base of the culmen.
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3the Shibboleth and Culmen of Honesty
WiktionaryThe measurements were taken as follows: wing length, from the carpal joint to the tip of the longest primary; tarsus length, from the tibiotarsal joint to the distal undivided scute; upper mandible le
WiktionaryA very simple form was found in the carving shown in Pl. 17, fig. 13, where a long projecting knob is seen at the base of the culmen.
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