"plate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It missed, but the jolt of the blow against the horny plate jarred my arm to the elbow.
- They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth.
- This bill is made of horny plates.
- They also have a uniquely structured bill, with seven to nine distinct horny plates.
- She chewed with a horny plate at the front of her mouth, for she didn't appear to have any teeth.
- This bill is composed of several horny plates, and along the sides are the two "tubes", long nostrils that give the order its former name.
- Their bodies were covered with thick horny plates.
- The head is large with a projecting snout and a horny plate on the top.
- The structure of the bill, which contains seven to nine distinct horny plates, is another unifying feature, although there are differences within the order.
- The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between seven and nine horny plates.
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