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单词 pinicoline
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pinicolineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pinicolus , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin pinicolus (see pinicolous adj.) + -ine suffix1. Compare earlier pinicolous adj. N.E.D.(1906) gives the pronunciation as (pəini·kŏləin, -lin) /paɪˈnɪkəlaɪn/ /-lɪn/.
Ornithology (chiefly U.S.). Obsolete.
That inhabits pinewoods.
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1877 R. Ridgeway in C. King Rep. Geol. Explor. 40th Parallel iii. 333 The pines resounded with the screams of the Mountain Jay and Nutcracker..and the tapping of pinicoline Woodpeckers.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 418 Habits..alpine and subboreal, pinicoline and pinivorous.
1896 Amer. Anthropologist 9 393 Some hunters among the young men were found to have a better acquaintance with the pinicoline species [of birds].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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