单词 | hesthogenous |
释义 | hesthogenousadj. Ornithology. Of birds: Hatched with a clothing of down; ptilopædic: opposed to gymnogenous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > hatched with feathers hesthogenous1850 ptilopaedic1884 1850 Newman in Zoologist 8 2780 Hesthogenous Birds. In these, immediately the shell is broken the chick makes its appearance in a state of adolescence rather than infancy. 1885 A. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1850 |
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