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Lamella

A small thin plate of stiff hair, found for example lining the inside of the bill of the Shoveler Anas clypeata, and used in this instance to sieve small particles of food from the water surface.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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