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单词 hesthogenous
释义 hesthogenous, a. Ornith.|hɛsˈθɒdʒɪnəs|
[Badly formed from Gr. ἐσθής dress, clothing + -γενής born, produced + -ous.]
Of birds: Hatched with a clothing of down; ptilopædic: opposed to gymnogenous.
1850Newman in Zoologist VIII. 2780 Hesthogenous Birds. In these, immediately the shell is broken the chick makes its appearance in a state of adolescence rather than infancy.1885A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 31 Hesthogenous—a word so vicious in formation as to be incapable of amendment, but intended to signify those [birds] that were hatched with a clothing of down.
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