释义 |
pico-passerine, a. Ornith.|paɪkəʊˈpæsəraɪn| [f. L. pīc-us woodpecker + passer sparrow + -ine1.] Of or belonging to the Pici- or Pico-passeres, an order proposed by Seebohm to include Picine and Passerine birds.
1890Ibis Jan. 33 Each of these six characters appears in every Pico-Passerine bird..but the combination of the six..never..outside the limits of the Pico-Passeres. |