longirostris

== Latin == === Etymology === From longus (“long”) + rostrum (“nose”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɔŋ.ɡɪˈroːs.trɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lon̠ʲ.d͡ʒiˈrɔs.tris] === Adjective === longirōstris (neuter longirōstre); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin, taxonomy) Having a long nose or similar noselike facial protrusion such as a beak or rostrum. ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective.