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单词 ornithophilous
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ornithophilousadj.

Brit. /ˌɔːnᵻˈθɒfᵻləs/, U.S. /ˌɔrnəˈθɑfələs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -philous comb. form.
Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -philous comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Ornithophilae, name of a group of plants pollinated by birds (F. Delpino in H. Müller Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873) 15).
Ecology.
Of a plant: pollinated by birds.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > involving specific agency
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1871 tr. H. Müller in Amer. Naturalist 5 275 (note) Vegetation is most rich in diversity of forms and therefore composed of species not gregarious but entomophilous or ornithophilous.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 217 Ornithophilous—i.e. bird-fertilized—flowers are to be ranked with entomophilous.
1890 G. F. Scott-Elliott in Ann. Bot. 4 265 (title) Ornithophilous flowers in South Africa.
1906 J. R. A. Davis tr. P. Knuth Handbk. Flower Pollination I. 76 The following Cape plants are ornithophilous.
1949 Evolution 3 87/1 A mechanical isolating factor may be operative in some ornithophilous plants.
1975 New Phytologist 74 366 There are species [of giant lobelia] which are ornithophilous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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