polyborineadj.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪbərʌɪn/,

/pɒˈlɪbərʌɪn/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪbəˌraɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Polyborus , -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Polyborus, genus name ( L. P. Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire (1816) 22; < ancient Greek πολυβόρος much-devouring, voracious < πολυ- poly- comb. form + -βορος eating < an ablaut variant (o -grade, also seen in classical Latin vorāre to devour: see vorant adj.) of the Indo-European base of βιβρώσκειν to eat) + -ine suffix¹, after scientific Latin Polyborinae, subfamily name (C. L. Bonaparte 1838, in Nuovi annali delle sci. naturali 2 116). Compare Italian poliboro (noun) caracara (1835).

Ornithology. rare.

Of or relating to the subfamily Polyborinae of the family Falconidae, comprising the caracaras.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [adjective] > of or like a falcon

falconish1587

polyborine1884

1884 Ibis 2 360 A specimen of the very singular Polyborine form, Polyboroides typicus, from West Africa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polyborine
释义	polyborineadj. Brit. /pəˈlɪbərʌɪn/, /pɒˈlɪbərʌɪn/, U.S. /pəˈlɪbəˌraɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Polyborus , -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Polyborus, genus name ( L. P. Vieillot Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire (1816) 22; < ancient Greek πολυβόρος much-devouring, voracious < πολυ- poly- comb. form + -βορος eating < an ablaut variant (o -grade, also seen in classical Latin vorāre to devour: see vorant adj.) of the Indo-European base of βιβρώσκειν to eat) + -ine suffix¹, after scientific Latin Polyborinae, subfamily name (C. L. Bonaparte 1838, in Nuovi annali delle sci. naturali 2 116). Compare Italian poliboro (noun) caracara (1835). Ornithology. rare. Of or relating to the subfamily Polyborinae of the family Falconidae, comprising the caracaras. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [adjective] > of or like a falcon falconish1587 polyborine1884 1884 Ibis 2 360 A specimen of the very singular Polyborine form, Polyboroides typicus, from West Africa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884
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