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单词 nycticebine
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nycticebineadj.n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Nycticebus n., -ine suffix5.
Etymology: < Nycticebus n. + -ine suffix5, after scientific Latin Nycticebinae, subfamily name (St G. Mivart 1864).
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the primate genus Nycticebus or the subfamily Nycticebinae (now the tribe Nycticebini).
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Nycticebine, pertaining to the Nycticebinæ, or having their characters.
B. n.
A primate of this genus or subfamily; a slow loris.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae > genus Nycticebus (slow loris)
slow-paced lemur1790
sloth1791
slow lemur1800
kukang1822
slow loris1824
loris1835
slow-paced loris1842
nycticebine1890
sloth-monkey1891
1890 Cent. Dict. Nycticebine, a lori or night-lemur of the subfamily Nycticebinæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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