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prokinesis
prokinesis Zool. (prəʊkaɪˈniːsɪs, -kiːn-) [ad. G. prokinetik, f. Gr. πρό pro-2 + κῖνητικός moving: see kinetic a. (n.) and kinesis.] A process, found in some birds and lizards, by which the upper bill or jaw may be raised relative to the cranium by rotation about a hinge anterior to the eyes.1962 T.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cranial kinesis
Neognathous rhynchokinesis, however, probably evolved from prokinesis. In neognathous birds, prokinesis was probably ancestral to amphikinesis, and amphikinesis to rhynchokinesis in most cases, but prokinesis has also evolved wikipedia.org
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rhynchokinesis
rhynchokinesis Zool. (rɪŋkəkaɪˈniːsɪs, -kɪn-) [ad. G. rhynchokinetik (H. Hofer 1949, in Acta Zool. XXX. 213), f. Gr. ῥύγχο-ς beak, snout + κινητικ-ός moving: see kinetic a. (n.) and kinesis.] A process, found in some birds and lizards, by which the upper bill or jaw may be raised relative to the cra... Oxford English Dictionary
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kinesis
kinesis (kaɪ-, kɪˈniːsɪs) Pl. kineses. [mod.L., f. Gr. κίνησις motion.] † 1. Cytology. Karyokinesis, mitosis. Obs. rare. (Cf. kinetic a. 4.)1904 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 529 At the first metaphase there is a second division (? longitudinal) which appears preparatory to the second kinesis. 1906 Ibid. 2... Oxford English Dictionary
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