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Definition of Culmen
1. n. Top; summit; acme.
Definition of Culmen
1. Noun. The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Culmen
1. the highest point [n -S]
Medical Definition of Culmen
1. The anterior prominent portion of the monticulus of the vermis of the cerebellum; vermal lobule rostral to the primary fissure. Synonym: lobulus culminis. Origin: L. Summit (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Culmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It consists of a group of lamina, which in front arc separated from the culmen
by the pre-clival fissure and behind appear to be almost continuous with the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Bill along culmen half as long as the skull, three-fourths as long as the tarsus,
as long as the middle toe and half its claw, very slender, ..."
3. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"lid ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and all the under surface pure white; bill black,
with the exception of the culmen and tip and the lower edge of the basal ..."
4. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Length from tip of bill to tip of tail over 34.00; wing usually more than 16.00;
culmen usually more than 1.75; tail feathers usually 18 to 20 in number. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Among the Nebraska, Colorado and Louisiana specimens exam- hied by the present
writer, three birds, measuring, wing 19.12 in., culmen 2.16; wing 19.10, ..."
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