(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:07:26

Po"ma*rine (?), a. [Gr. a lid + , , nose.] Zool.

Having the nostril covered with a scale.

Pomarine jager Zool., a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.

 

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