† ocydromen.

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin Ocydromus, former genus name (J. Wagler Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere u. Vögel (1830) 98) < ancient Greek ὠκύδρομος swift-running < ὠκυς swift (see Ocypode n.) + -δρομος running (see -drome comb. form). N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·sidro^um) /ˈɒsɪdrəʊm/.

Ornithology. Obsolete.

Any of several rails of the former genus Ocydromus, most of which are now regarded as forms of the weka, Gallirallus australis.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > gallirallus ausralis (weka)

water hen1770

wood-hen1773

weka1845

ocydrome1884

bush-hen1939

1884 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 723/1 The chief interest attaching to the Ocydromes is their inability to use in flight the wings with which they are furnished, and hence an extreme probability of the form becoming wholly extinct in a short time.

1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 765 The ‘ocydromes’, curious birds with perfect wings yet incapable of flight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	ocydrome
释义	† ocydromen. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ocydromus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Ocydromus, former genus name (J. Wagler Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere u. Vögel (1830) 98) < ancient Greek ὠκύδρομος swift-running < ὠκυς swift (see Ocypode n.) + -δρομος running (see -drome comb. form). N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·sidro^um) /ˈɒsɪdrəʊm/. Ornithology. Obsolete. Any of several rails of the former genus Ocydromus, most of which are now regarded as forms of the weka, Gallirallus australis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > gallirallus ausralis (weka) water hen1770 wood-hen1773 weka1845 ocydrome1884 bush-hen1939 1884 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 723/1 The chief interest attaching to the Ocydromes is their inability to use in flight the wings with which they are furnished, and hence an extreme probability of the form becoming wholly extinct in a short time. 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 765 The ‘ocydromes’, curious birds with perfect wings yet incapable of flight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1884
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