Definiciones
1.AdjectivePossessing a palatal structure akin to the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.
2.Adjective↑ The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, volume 28 (1903; Academic Press), page 347 Now Huxley, who introduced these terms, added yet another — Dromæognathous, for the special purpose of expressing the fact that the palate of certain “ Carinate ” birds — the Crypturi — was Struthious in type, and could not therefore be included amongst his Schizognathous forms.
3.Adjective↑ A Manual of the Birds of Australia by Gregory Macalister Mathews and Tom Iredale (1921; H. F. & G. Witherby), page 2 Osteologically the skull is dromæognathous, a term introduced by Huxley, for the style of palatal formation found in connection with these birds, but which has proved to be of less value than was anticipated, as a similar state occurs in the Tinamous and Kiwi which have no near relationship.
4.Adjective1 2 3 4 “dromæognathous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)