† malurineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Malurinae.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Malurinae < Malurus , genus name ( L. J. P. Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithol. élém. (1816) 70; explained by Viellot as < Greek μαλὸς (see below) + ancient Greek οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form²) + -inae -inae suffix.Ancient Greek μάλος occurs in a single attestation in Theocritus as the epithet of a goat, probably in sense ‘white’, but Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithol. élém. 70 glosses μαλὸς as Latin tener , ‘soft’ or ‘tender’, although the birds have distinctly stiff tails. Vieillot's interpretation of μάλος would presumably relate it to ancient Greek μαλακός soft (for which see malacia n.); however, compare Hesychius' gloss of the Byzantine Greek compound μάλουρος as λεύκουρος white-tailed (attested also in Hellenistic Greek in Callimachus as feminine noun μάλουρις probably denoting a cat). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·liurəin) /ˈmæljʊraɪn/.

Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.

Of or belonging to the former subfamily Malurinae of Australasian wren-like birds with a long cocked tail, now split into three groups of family status ( Maluridae, Acanthizidae, and Ephthianuridae).

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malurine1862

1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 274 Perhaps the most curious example of the Malurine birds is the beautiful little Emeu Wren of Australia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	malurine
释义	† malurineadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Malurinae. Etymology: < scientific Latin Malurinae < Malurus , genus name ( L. J. P. Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithol. élém. (1816) 70; explained by Viellot as < Greek μαλὸς (see below) + ancient Greek οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form²) + -inae -inae suffix.Ancient Greek μάλος occurs in a single attestation in Theocritus as the epithet of a goat, probably in sense ‘white’, but Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithol. élém. 70 glosses μαλὸς as Latin tener , ‘soft’ or ‘tender’, although the birds have distinctly stiff tails. Vieillot's interpretation of μάλος would presumably relate it to ancient Greek μαλακός soft (for which see malacia n.); however, compare Hesychius' gloss of the Byzantine Greek compound μάλουρος as λεύκουρος white-tailed (attested also in Hellenistic Greek in Callimachus as feminine noun μάλουρις probably denoting a cat). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·liurəin) /ˈmæljʊraɪn/. Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Of or belonging to the former subfamily Malurinae of Australasian wren-like birds with a long cocked tail, now split into three groups of family status ( Maluridae, Acanthizidae, and Ephthianuridae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [adjective] > belonging to Malurinae malurine1862 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 274 Perhaps the most curious example of the Malurine birds is the beautiful little Emeu Wren of Australia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1862
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