† pelecanineadj.

Forms: 1800s pelecanine, 1800s pelicanine (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pelecanus , -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pelecanus, genus name (see pelecaniform adj. and n.) + -ine suffix¹. Compare scientific Latin Pelecaninae (1831 or earlier).

Ornithology. Obsolete.

Of, relating to, or resembling the pelican; of or relating to a group of birds now mainly constituting the order Pelecaniformes (cf. pelecaniform adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [adjective]

pelecanine1860

steganopodous1887

1860 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28 330 The tongue [of Balæniceps] is extremely small, an important Pelecanine character.

1888 Proc. Royal Soc. 1887–8 43 480 In the Cormorant, one of the lower forms of the Pelecanine Family.., the vertebral chain is much more archaic than in either the Swan, or even the Ostrich and its kindred.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pelecanine
释义	† pelecanineadj. Forms: 1800s pelecanine, 1800s pelicanine (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Pelecanus , -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pelecanus, genus name (see pelecaniform adj. and n.) + -ine suffix¹. Compare scientific Latin Pelecaninae (1831 or earlier). Ornithology. Obsolete. Of, relating to, or resembling the pelican; of or relating to a group of birds now mainly constituting the order Pelecaniformes (cf. pelecaniform adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [adjective] pelecanine1860 steganopodous1887 1860 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 28 330 The tongue [of Balæniceps] is extremely small, an important Pelecanine character. 1888 Proc. Royal Soc. 1887–8 43 480 In the Cormorant, one of the lower forms of the Pelecanine Family.., the vertebral chain is much more archaic than in either the Swan, or even the Ostrich and its kindred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1860
随便看	seal-flower seal-fur seal-grain seal-hole seal-hunt seal-hunter seal-keeper seal-lance seal-like seal-lock seal-master seal-office seal-oil seal-paper seal-pike seal-pipe seal-plush seal-pointed seal-press seal-ring seal-ship seal-shot seal-spearing seal-stamp seal-stone