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单词 porphyrionine
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porphyrionineadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin porphyriōn- , porphyriō , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin porphyriōn-, oblique stem of porphyriō (see porphyrio n.; after scientific Latin Porphyrio, genus name) + -ine suffix1, after scientific Latin Porphyrioninae, subfamily name (1890 or earlier).
Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. adj.
adj. Belonging to the former subfamily Porphyrioninae of rails, which included the genus Porphyrio.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Porphyrionine, belonging to the Porphyrioninæ.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Porphyrioninæ Porphyrionine, a.
B. n.
n. A bird of the former subfamily Porphyrioninae.
ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Porphyrioninæ Porphyrionine, n.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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