mormoopidn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɔːməʊˈɒpɪd/, U.S.

/ˌmɔrmoʊˈɑpəd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mormoops , -id suffix³.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mormoops, genus name (W. E. Leach 1821, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 76; < ancient Greek μορμώ mormo n. + ὤψ face: see -ops comb. form) + -id suffix³. Compare scientific Latin family names Mormopida (1862), Mormoopinae (1901), Mormoopidae (1972).

Zoology.

A. n.

A member of the family Mormoopidae of small insectivorous bats of North and Central America, in which the nose leaf is absent or rudimentary, and the lips are elaborate and leaf-shaped.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > member of family Mormoopidae

mormope1840

mormoopid1970

1970 Jrnl. Mammalogy 51 232 Simplification of musculature is a clear trend in mormoopids.

1984 J. E. Hill Bats xi. 202 Unlike the phyllostomids, mormoopids have only a rudimentary noseleaf which is little more than a bump on the nose..and..ornamentations give the mouth a distinct funnel-like shape when it is opened.

1995 Southwestern Naturalist 40 29 Some species, such as Natalus stramineus, and three species of mormoopids, were found only in the deepest, hottest, and most humid sections of caves, forming large colonies.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating the family Mormoopidae.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > belonging to suborder Microchiroptera > relating to family Mormoopidae

mormoopid1970

1970 Jrnl. Mammalogy 51 230 What are the major morphological adaptations of the mormoopid flight apparatus?

1989 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 325 543 The..enormous divergence of albumin immunological distances in some microbat families such as the phyllostomid, noctilionid and mormoopid families.

1999 Jrnl. Compar. Physiol. A. 185 217 (title) Evolutionary adaptations of cochlear function in Jamaican mormoopid bats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mormoopid
释义	mormoopidn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɔːməʊˈɒpɪd/, U.S. /ˌmɔrmoʊˈɑpəd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Mormoops , -id suffix³. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mormoops, genus name (W. E. Leach 1821, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 76; < ancient Greek μορμώ mormo n. + ὤψ face: see -ops comb. form) + -id suffix³. Compare scientific Latin family names Mormopida (1862), Mormoopinae (1901), Mormoopidae (1972). Zoology. A. n. A member of the family Mormoopidae of small insectivorous bats of North and Central America, in which the nose leaf is absent or rudimentary, and the lips are elaborate and leaf-shaped. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > member of family Mormoopidae mormope1840 mormoopid1970 1970 Jrnl. Mammalogy 51 232 Simplification of musculature is a clear trend in mormoopids. 1984 J. E. Hill Bats xi. 202 Unlike the phyllostomids, mormoopids have only a rudimentary noseleaf which is little more than a bump on the nose..and..ornamentations give the mouth a distinct funnel-like shape when it is opened. 1995 Southwestern Naturalist 40 29 Some species, such as Natalus stramineus, and three species of mormoopids, were found only in the deepest, hottest, and most humid sections of caves, forming large colonies. B. adj. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating the family Mormoopidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > belonging to suborder Microchiroptera > relating to family Mormoopidae mormoopid1970 1970 Jrnl. Mammalogy 51 230 What are the major morphological adaptations of the mormoopid flight apparatus? 1989 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 325 543 The..enormous divergence of albumin immunological distances in some microbat families such as the phyllostomid, noctilionid and mormoopid families. 1999 Jrnl. Compar. Physiol. A. 185 217 (title) Evolutionary adaptations of cochlear function in Jamaican mormoopid bats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1970
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