† nycterinen.adj.

Forms: 1800s nycterin, 1800s nycterine.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Nycteris , -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Nycteris, use as genus name of post-classical Latin nycteris bat (a1200 in form nicteris in a British source; < ancient Greek νυκτερίδ- , νυκτερίς bat < νύκτερος of the night, nocturnal ( < νυκτ- , νύξ night (see nycti- comb. form) + -ερος , suffix forming adjectives) + -ις -id suffix²) + -ine suffix¹. Compare scientific Latin †Nycterina, former name of the family Nycteridae (1855); also ancient Greek νυκτερίνος nocturnal.Nycteris was adopted as a genus name by E. Geoffroy St-Hilaire & G. Cuvier 1795, in Magazin Encyclopédique II. 186. They also use French nyctère , as does Cuvier in Règne animal (1817) in the passage translated in quot. 1840 at sense A. French Nyctérins (plural) is used by A. M. C. Duméril ( Zoologie Analytique (1806) 35) for a family of owls.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

A. n.

A bat of the genus Nycteris or the family Nycteridae (see nycterid n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > miscellaneous members of

horseshoe-bat1774

nycterine1840

stenoderm1871

mystacine1876

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 73 The Nycterins..have the forehead furrowed by a longitudinal groove.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the genus Nycteris or the family Nycteridae.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Nycterine, of or pertaining to the Nycteridæ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	nycterine
释义	† nycterinen.adj. Forms: 1800s nycterin, 1800s nycterine. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Nycteris , -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Nycteris, use as genus name of post-classical Latin nycteris bat (a1200 in form nicteris in a British source; < ancient Greek νυκτερίδ- , νυκτερίς bat < νύκτερος of the night, nocturnal ( < νυκτ- , νύξ night (see nycti- comb. form) + -ερος , suffix forming adjectives) + -ις -id suffix²) + -ine suffix¹. Compare scientific Latin †Nycterina, former name of the family Nycteridae (1855); also ancient Greek νυκτερίνος nocturnal.Nycteris was adopted as a genus name by E. Geoffroy St-Hilaire & G. Cuvier 1795, in Magazin Encyclopédique II. 186. They also use French nyctère , as does Cuvier in Règne animal (1817) in the passage translated in quot. 1840 at sense A. French Nyctérins (plural) is used by A. M. C. Duméril ( Zoologie Analytique (1806) 35) for a family of owls. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. A. n. A bat of the genus Nycteris or the family Nycteridae (see nycterid n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > miscellaneous members of horseshoe-bat1774 nycterine1840 stenoderm1871 mystacine1876 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 73 The Nycterins..have the forehead furrowed by a longitudinal groove. B. adj. Of or relating to the genus Nycteris or the family Nycteridae. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Nycterine, of or pertaining to the Nycteridæ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.adj.1840
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