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单词 pteropodine
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pteropodineadj.n.

Brit. /tɛˈrɒpədʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌtɛˈrɑpəˌdaɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Pteropus , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < Pteropod- , taken as stem of scientific Latin Pteropus Pteropus n. (compare -pod comb. form) + -ine suffix1, after scientific Latin Pteropodinae, subfamily name ( W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals (1891) xiii. 650). Compare earlier pteropodid n.
Zoology.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the subfamily Pteropodinae of Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae), which comprises the flying foxes and their relatives.The genera Harpyionycteris and Nyctimene are sometimes placed in separate subfamilies.
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1969 Jrnl. Mammalogy 50 340 Slope and Υ-intercept for pteropodine bats were similar to the average values for all bats.
2003 Cladistics 19 506/1 Dobsonia..is generally regarded as a typical pteropodine genus based on morphology.
B. n.
A pteropodine bat.
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1990 Jrnl. Mammalogy 71 564 Many features of the gastric mucosa..appear to be shared by most (or all) species of pteropodines.
2003 Cladistics 19 498/1 The latter [clade]..was split into two groups, one including a majority of rousettine bats + epomophorines, the other including macroglossines + pteropodines.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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