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单词 neophron
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neophronn.

Brit. /ˈniːə(ʊ)frɒn/, U.S. /ˈniəˌfrɑn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Neophron.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Neophron, genus name ( M. J. C. L. de Savigny Descr. Egypte (1809) I. 68) < Hellenistic Greek Νεόϕρων , the name of a man transformed into a vulture in the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis (probably 2nd cent. a.d.), use as name of ancient Greek νεόϕρων childish in spirit < νεο- neo- comb. form + ϕρήν mind (see phren n.).
Any of several relatively small vultures now or formerly included in the genus Neophron, spec. the Egyptian vulture, N. percnopterus (now the only member of the genus). Also (in form Neophron): the genus itself.
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1833 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol. (ed. 2) 4 Egyptian Neophron.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 165 The Neophrons..have a long and slender beak.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 166 The White Neophron... One or more additional true Neophrons..exist in Africa.
1848 Zoologist 6 1959 A tame neophron, kept at the public slaughter-house at Malaga.
1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals x. 203 Gyps, Vultur and Neophron, genera of vultures.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 221/2 The true vultures of the Old World, Vulturidae.., are generally divided into five or six genera, of which Neophron has been separated as forming a distinct subfamily.
1929 H. Whistler Popular Handbk. Indian Birds 273 (caption) The Neophron or Egyptian Vulture has a wide range in Southern Europe, in Africa and in Asia.
1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 109/2 The most abundant and easily observed of the Old World Vultures is the Neophron, Egyptian Vulture, or Pharaoh's Chicken (Neophron percnopterus).
1995 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 350 164/1 Gypohirax was thought to represent a transition between sea eagles on the one hand and Neophron and Gypaetus, the putatively most primitive vultures, on the other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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