ornithophilyn.

Brit.

/ˌɔːnᵻˈθɒfᵻli/, U.S.

/ˌɔrnəˈθɑfəli/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -phily comb. form.

Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -phily comb. form. In sense 2 after German Ornithophilie (1898 in the passage translated in quot. 1903 at sense 2); compare scientific Latin Ornithophilae , name of a group of plants pollinated by birds (F. Delpino in H. Müller Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873) 15), and earlier ornithophilous adj.

†1. Love of birds. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > [noun] > love of

ornithophily1884

1884 ‘Basil’ Wearing of Green I. iii. 44 Summers's opinion both of her practice and of her preaching of ornithophily.

2. Ecology. Pollination by birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > involving particular type of agency

anemophily1879

acarophily1898

ornithophily1903

zoophily1904

hydrophily1920

zoochory1921

1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. i. vi. 121 The ornithophily of a species of Erythrina was also established by Belt.

1922 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 9 370 This extraordinary genus is cited as one of the most striking illustrations of ornithophily.

1970 Watsonia 8 67 The plates (75 colour photographs, mainly of birds visiting flowers) are..illustrative of the importance of ornithophily in the U.S.A.

1975 New Phytologist 74 368 Ornithophily is replaceable by autogamy.

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

单词	ornithophily
释义	ornithophilyn. Brit. /ˌɔːnᵻˈθɒfᵻli/, U.S. /ˌɔrnəˈθɑfəli/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -phily comb. form. Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -phily comb. form. In sense 2 after German Ornithophilie (1898 in the passage translated in quot. 1903 at sense 2); compare scientific Latin Ornithophilae , name of a group of plants pollinated by birds (F. Delpino in H. Müller Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873) 15), and earlier ornithophilous adj. †1. Love of birds. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > love of ornithophily1884 1884 ‘Basil’ Wearing of Green I. iii. 44 Summers's opinion both of her practice and of her preaching of ornithophily. 2. Ecology. Pollination by birds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > involving particular type of agency anemophily1879 acarophily1898 ornithophily1903 zoophily1904 hydrophily1920 zoochory1921 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. i. vi. 121 The ornithophily of a species of Erythrina was also established by Belt. 1922 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 9 370 This extraordinary genus is cited as one of the most striking illustrations of ornithophily. 1970 Watsonia 8 67 The plates (75 colour photographs, mainly of birds visiting flowers) are..illustrative of the importance of ornithophily in the U.S.A. 1975 New Phytologist 74 368 Ornithophily is replaceable by autogamy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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