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单词 palaeornithine
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palaeornithineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Palaeornithinae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin †Palaeornithinae, subfamily name (A. H. Garrod 1874, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 594) < ancient Greek παλαιο- palaeo- comb. form + ὀρνιθ- , ὄρνις bird (see ornitho- comb. form) + scientific Latin -inae -inae suffix, after scientific Latin Palaeornis, former genus name of certain parakeets (now in the genus Psittacula) thought to be those described by ancient Greek authors.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Belonging to or having the characters of the former subfamily Palaeornithinae of small parrots.
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1890 Cent. Dict. 4237/1 Palæornithine, Of or pertaining to the Palæornithidæ; possessing the characters of the Palæornithidæ: as, palæornithine genera.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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