† mersatorialadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mersatores , -ial suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mersatores, order name (W. MacGillivray Hist. Brit. Birds (1852) V. 421; < classical Latin mers- , past participial stem of mergere (see merge v.) + -ātores , plural of -ātor -ator suffix) + -ial suffix.Compare also:1842 W. MacGillivray Man. Brit. Ornithol. II. 226 [Certain sea-birds] never enter into the water, unless momentarily by plunging or dipping into it from on wing. Of this latter kind are the numerous species..to which collectively I have given the name of Mersatrices. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mə̄ɹsătō^ə·riăl) /mɜːsəˈtɔərɪəl/.

Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.

In W. Macgillivray's terminology: of or belonging to the order Mersatores, a grouping of seabirds (including gulls, shearwaters, and their allies) characterized by their habit of finding food on or near the surface of water without diving deeply.

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1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 422 The Mersatorial Order..is more homogeneous than the others.

1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 424 They [sc. the Procellariinæ] are mersatorial birds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	mersatorial
释义	† mersatorialadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mersatores , -ial suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mersatores, order name (W. MacGillivray Hist. Brit. Birds (1852) V. 421; < classical Latin mers- , past participial stem of mergere (see merge v.) + -ātores , plural of -ātor -ator suffix) + -ial suffix.Compare also:1842 W. MacGillivray Man. Brit. Ornithol. II. 226 [Certain sea-birds] never enter into the water, unless momentarily by plunging or dipping into it from on wing. Of this latter kind are the numerous species..to which collectively I have given the name of Mersatrices. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mə̄ɹsătō^ə·riăl) /mɜːsəˈtɔərɪəl/. Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. In W. Macgillivray's terminology: of or belonging to the order Mersatores, a grouping of seabirds (including gulls, shearwaters, and their allies) characterized by their habit of finding food on or near the surface of water without diving deeply. ΚΠ 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 422 The Mersatorial Order..is more homogeneous than the others. 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 424 They [sc. the Procellariinæ] are mersatorial birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1852
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