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单词 petauristine
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petauristineadj.n.

Brit. /ˌpɛtɔːˈrɪstiːn/, /ˌpɛtəˈrɪstiːn/, /ˌpɛtɔːˈrɪstʌɪn/, /ˌpɛtəˈrɪstʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌpɛdəˈrɪsˌtin/
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: petaurist n., -ine suffix1; Latin Petaurista , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: Probably partly < petaurist n. + -ine suffix1, and partly < scientific Latin Petaurista, genus name (H. F. Link Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte (1797) II. 52) + -ine suffix1. Compare scientific Latin Petauristinae, subfamily name (G. G. Simpson 1945, in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 85 80).
Zoology.
A. adj.
Of a mammal: having a fur-covered skin membrane between fore and hind limbs which enables it to make gliding leaps; spec. of or relating to the Asian genus Petaurista or subfamily Petauristinae of giant flying squirrels.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. 4425/1 Petauristine, same as petaurine.
1962 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 2104. 1 (title) Eupetaurus and the living petauristine sciurids.
1977 Jrnl. Mammalogy 58 374 (title) Myology of the gliding membranes of some petauristine rodents.
B. n.
A petauristine mammal.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. 4425/1 Petauristine, same as petaurine.
1989 Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. Sci. Ser. No. 33. 159 In Europe the oldest sciurid is the Petauristine Oligopetes Heissig, 1979.
1999 Systematic Parasitol. 42 187 The four previously known species of the genus [sc. Srivastavanema], which are all parasites of petauristines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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