Category:Pressiroster

Pres`si*ros"ter, n. Etym: [l. presssus pressed (p. p. of premere) + Rostrum beak: cf. F. pressirostre. See 4th press.] (zoöl.)

Defn: one of a tribe of wading birds (pressirostres) including those Which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.