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单词 papilionine
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papilionineadj.

Brit. /pəˈpɪlɪənʌɪn/, U.S. /pəˈpɪliəˌnaɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin pāpiliōn- , pāpiliō , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin pāpiliōn-, oblique stem of pāpiliō (see papilio n.; after scientific Latin Papilio, genus name) + -ine suffix1, after scientific Latin Papilioninae, subfamily name (1877 or earlier).
Entomology.
Of or relating to the subfamily Papilioninae of swallowtail butterflies.
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1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 730 In his paper on North American Papilionine and Nymphalinine caterpillars published in the Jena Zeitschrift, Professor A. Gruber carries on the work begun by Weismann.
1934 Discovery July 195/2 Their [sc. certain South American Pierines'] very striking resemblance to Heliconine and Papilionine models.
1964 Evolution 18 600/2 Dethier..found that Umbelliferae-feeding papilionine larvae refused Hydrocotyle (Hydrocotyloidae).
1998 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 67 390/1 Caterpillars of the relatively palatable papilionine and graphiine species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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