ornithoidadj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːnᵻθɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˈɔrnəˌθɔɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -oid suffix.

Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -oid suffix, after French Ornithoïdes (plural), denoting a former subclass of reptiles (attributed by Trésor de la langue française at Ornithoïde to H. M. D. de Blainville Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal (1812) 7). Compare Byzantine Greek ὀρνιθοειδής like a bird.

Chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology.

Resembling a bird in structure; like that of a bird; (of fossil eggs) having shells like those of birds' eggs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > [adjective] > resembling

birdlike1587

birdy1835

ornithoid1847

ornithomorphic1887

1847 A. Tulk tr. L. Oken Elements Physiophilos. 632 Ornithoid Reptilia [Ger. Flugeidechsen].

1857 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 237 The invertebrate, ichthyic, reptilian, ornithoid, and mammalian characters are horizontal grades, through which the lines pass, and where they send off branches.

1862 E. Hitchcock & C. H. Hitchcock Elem. Geol. (new ed.) (new ed) ii. ii. 310 (heading) Ornithoid lizards or batrachians.

1886 Philos. Trans. 1885 (Royal Soc.) 176 90 The forked, ornithoid nasals..have more than doubled in size.

1948 Gaz. des Beaux Arts 6th Ser. 34 124 The Ajanta Kinnara are more ornithoid.

1971 Nature 24 Sept. 227/3 All are ornithoid in structure, the Ologoi Ulan Tsab eggs having a diameter of 14–15 cm.

1999 Interzone July 54/1 The penguin became uglier and less ornithoid.

2001 Cretaceous Res. 22 41 The sites contain..at least seven types of eggshells (six ornithoid types and one Megaloolithidae probably from a sauropod).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ornithoid
释义	ornithoidadj. Brit. /ˈɔːnᵻθɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈɔrnəˌθɔɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -oid suffix. Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -oid suffix, after French Ornithoïdes (plural), denoting a former subclass of reptiles (attributed by Trésor de la langue française at Ornithoïde to H. M. D. de Blainville Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal (1812) 7). Compare Byzantine Greek ὀρνιθοειδής like a bird. Chiefly Zoology and Palaeontology. Resembling a bird in structure; like that of a bird; (of fossil eggs) having shells like those of birds' eggs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [adjective] > resembling birdlike1587 birdy1835 ornithoid1847 ornithomorphic1887 1847 A. Tulk tr. L. Oken Elements Physiophilos. 632 Ornithoid Reptilia [Ger. Flugeidechsen]. 1857 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 237 The invertebrate, ichthyic, reptilian, ornithoid, and mammalian characters are horizontal grades, through which the lines pass, and where they send off branches. 1862 E. Hitchcock & C. H. Hitchcock Elem. Geol. (new ed.) (new ed) ii. ii. 310 (heading) Ornithoid lizards or batrachians. 1886 Philos. Trans. 1885 (Royal Soc.) 176 90 The forked, ornithoid nasals..have more than doubled in size. 1948 Gaz. des Beaux Arts 6th Ser. 34 124 The Ajanta Kinnara are more ornithoid. 1971 Nature 24 Sept. 227/3 All are ornithoid in structure, the Ologoi Ulan Tsab eggs having a diameter of 14–15 cm. 1999 Interzone July 54/1 The penguin became uglier and less ornithoid. 2001 Cretaceous Res. 22 41 The sites contain..at least seven types of eggshells (six ornithoid types and one Megaloolithidae probably from a sauropod). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847
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