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单词 plataleine
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plataleineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Platalea , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Platalea (see plataleiform adj.) + -ine suffix1. Compare scientific Latin Plataleinae, subfamily name ( C. L. Bonaparte Synopsis Vertebratorum Systematis(1837) 15). N.E.D.(1907 s.v. plataleiform) gives the pronunciation as (plătēi·liˌəin) /pləˈteɪliaɪn/.
Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the subfamily Plataleinae (family Threskiornithidae), which comprises the spoonbills.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Plataleine, pertaining to the spoonbills; belonging to the Plataleidæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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