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

anemophilous1871

ornithophilous1871

zoidiophilous1872

bee-fertilized1881

hydrophilous1883

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).

单词	ornithophilous
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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 anemophilous1871 ornithophilous1871 zoidiophilous1872 bee-fertilized1881 hydrophilous1883 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). < adj.1871
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