Fis'si-rŏs'tral, a.
a. [Lat. fissus, p. p. of findere, to split, and rostralis, belonging to a bill, from rostrum, bill, beak; Fr. fissirostre. (Ornith.) Having a deeply-cleft bill, as swallows, goatsuckers, &c. Swainson.
a. [Lat. fissus, p. p. of findere, to split, and rostralis, belonging to a bill, from rostrum, bill, beak; Fr. fissirostre. (Ornith.) Having a deeply-cleft bill, as swallows, goatsuckers, &c. Swainson.