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单词 pomatorhine
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pomatorhineadj.

Brit. /pə(ʊ)ˈmatərʌɪn/, U.S. /pəˈmædəˌraɪn/, /pəˈmædər(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pomatorhinus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin pomatorhinus, genus name (T. Horsfield 1822, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 164) < ancient Greek πωματ- , πῶμα lid, cover (see poma n.1) + scientific Latin -o- -o- connective + -rhinus -rhine comb. form. Compare French pomatorhin , noun (1831 or earlier). Compare earlier pomarine adj.With pomatorhine skua at main sense compare pomarine skua at pomarine adj.
Ornithology. Chiefly British.
= pomarine adj. Only in pomatorhine skua.
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1884 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 4) III. 671 The Pomatorhine Skua is said..to deposit two eggs in a mere depression of the moss on the tundras of the Taimyr.
1930 Discovery Nov. 361/2 The two middle tail features [of the Arctic skua] are elongated and pointed, which is the best distinction of this species from the closely similar pomatorhine skua.
1965 D. A. Bannerman & W. M. Bannerman Birds of Atlantic Islands II. 138 Pomatorhine Skua:..is more often met with in Madeiran seas than the [Arctic Skua].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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