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单词 mystacine
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mystacinen.adj.

Brit. /ˈmɪstəsʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪstəˌsaɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mystacinus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin mystacinus (1775 as specific name; 1843 as genus name Mystacina (J. E. Gray, in E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. 296)) < ancient Greek μυστακ- , μύσταξ moustache (see mystax n.) + scientific Latin -inus , -ina -ine suffix1. Compare French mystacin , noun (1875 in the passage translated in quot. 1876 at sense A. 2). Compare earlier mystacinous adj.
Zoology. rare.
A. n.
1. The New Zealand short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata. Obsolete.
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1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. I. 976 Mystacina tuberculata, the Mystacine. New Zealand.
2. The whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus (family Vespertilionidae), a small Eurasian bat having a fringe of hairs above the mouth.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > miscellaneous members of
horseshoe-bat1774
nycterine1840
stenoderm1871
mystacine1876
1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 251 The bat..Vespertilio mystacinus, harbours..the Rictularia plagiostoma... We have never met with this nematode in the mystacines of Belgium.
B. adj.
1. Of or relating to the genus Mystacina (or the monotypic family Mystacinidae) of microchiropteran bats of New Zealand. Obsolete.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Mystacine a., having the characters of Mystacina; pertaining to the Mystacinæ.
2. Designating the whiskered bat Myotis mystacinus (see sense A.).
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1988 Věstnik Československé Společnosti Zoologické 52 22 The mystacine bat, one of the smallest representatives of the genus Myotis in Czechoslovakia, belongs to the first group.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1854
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