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单词 ornithotrophe
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ornithotrophe
ornithotrophe n. [ < ornitho- comb. form + ancient Greek τροϕός feeder, cognate with τροϕή nourishment (see tropho- comb. form); compare Hellenistic Greek ὀρνιθοτρόϕος bird-keeper, classical Latin ornīthotrophīon poultry-house] Obsolete (J. F. M. Dovaston's name for) a place to which birds are attracted by food, so as to come under observation.Apparently an isolated use.
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1826 J. F. M. Dovaston in T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. Pref. p. v I examined..no less than twenty-three sorts of birds, on and about my Ornithotrophe, as I humourously denominate it.
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