polymyodianadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪmʌɪˈəʊdɪən/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɑliˌmaɪˈoʊdiən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Polymyodi , -an suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Polymyodi, former group name (J. Müller 1847, in Physikalische Abhandl. der Königl. Akad. der Wissensch. zu Berlin 1845 366; < poly- poly- comb. form + ancient Greek μῦς muscle (see myo- comb. form) + ᾠδή song: see ode n.) + -an suffix.Müller intended the name Polymyodi to express the meaning ‘having many song-muscles’.

Ornithology. rare (now historical).

Of a bird: having a syrinx with several distinct muscles; spec. (in Müller's scheme) belonging to the division Polymyodi of passerine birds, nearly corresponding to the suborder Oscines (the songbirds). Also: characteristic of such a bird.

ΚΠ

1867 Proc. Zool. Soc. 471 In no one of them does the structure of the skull differ so much from that of a typical polymyodian Coracomorph (e.g. one of the Corvidæ) as does that of the also polymyodian Coccothraustes.

1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. 59 Two other terms [to describe characteristics of the syringeal muscles in passerine birds], oligomyodian and polymyodian, appear in the nineteenth century literature, but are now obsolete.

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

单词	polymyodian
释义	polymyodianadj. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪmʌɪˈəʊdɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌmaɪˈoʊdiən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Polymyodi , -an suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Polymyodi, former group name (J. Müller 1847, in Physikalische Abhandl. der Königl. Akad. der Wissensch. zu Berlin 1845 366; < poly- poly- comb. form + ancient Greek μῦς muscle (see myo- comb. form) + ᾠδή song: see ode n.) + -an suffix.Müller intended the name Polymyodi to express the meaning ‘having many song-muscles’. Ornithology. rare (now historical). Of a bird: having a syrinx with several distinct muscles; spec. (in Müller's scheme) belonging to the division Polymyodi of passerine birds, nearly corresponding to the suborder Oscines (the songbirds). Also: characteristic of such a bird. ΚΠ 1867 Proc. Zool. Soc. 471 In no one of them does the structure of the skull differ so much from that of a typical polymyodian Coracomorph (e.g. one of the Corvidæ) as does that of the also polymyodian Coccothraustes. 1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. 59 Two other terms [to describe characteristics of the syringeal muscles in passerine birds], oligomyodian and polymyodian, appear in the nineteenth century literature, but are now obsolete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1867
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