psittacidadj.n.

Brit.

/sɪˈtasɪd/, U.S.

/sᵻˈtæsəd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Psittacus , -id suffix³.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Psittacus, genus name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 96; < classical Latin psittacus parrot: see psittac n.) + -id suffix³, after scientific Latin Psittacidae, family name ( C. L. Bonaparte Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebr. (1831) 38). With use as noun compare French psittacidé (1828). Compare earlier psittacine adj. 2.

Ornithology.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Psittacidae, which comprises the parrots and their relatives.

ΚΠ

1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii Psittacid, the same as psittaceous.

1968 Condor 70 89/1 Sleeping or resting upside down is thought to be a primitive psittacid response to nocturnal predation.

1985 Zoomorphology 105 1 The psittacid syrinx..is about as simple as one can find in birds capable of uttering a wide variety of sounds.

B. n.

A bird of the family Psittacidae; a parrot.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Psittacid, a parrot, as a member of thePsittacidæ.

1955 Condor 57 223 In the psittacids the parakeet Pyrrhura possessed the largest heart.

1987 I. M. Pepperberg in G. Greenberg & E. Tobach Cognition, Lang. & Consciousness iv. 35 His lack of success..reinforced the popular belief that psittacids were incapable of anything but mindless mimicry.

1995 Anat. Rec. 241 461 Cockatoos (Cacatuinae) form a monophyletic lineage distant from the other Australo-Papuan psittacids (Psittacinae).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psittacid
释义	psittacidadj.n. Brit. /sɪˈtasɪd/, U.S. /sᵻˈtæsəd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Psittacus , -id suffix³. Etymology: < scientific Latin Psittacus, genus name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 96; < classical Latin psittacus parrot: see psittac n.) + -id suffix³, after scientific Latin Psittacidae, family name ( C. L. Bonaparte Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebr. (1831) 38). With use as noun compare French psittacidé (1828). Compare earlier psittacine adj. 2. Ornithology. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Psittacidae, which comprises the parrots and their relatives. ΚΠ 1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii Psittacid, the same as psittaceous. 1968 Condor 70 89/1 Sleeping or resting upside down is thought to be a primitive psittacid response to nocturnal predation. 1985 Zoomorphology 105 1 The psittacid syrinx..is about as simple as one can find in birds capable of uttering a wide variety of sounds. B. n. A bird of the family Psittacidae; a parrot. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Psittacid, a parrot, as a member of thePsittacidæ. 1955 Condor 57 223 In the psittacids the parakeet Pyrrhura possessed the largest heart. 1987 I. M. Pepperberg in G. Greenberg & E. Tobach Cognition, Lang. & Consciousness iv. 35 His lack of success..reinforced the popular belief that psittacids were incapable of anything but mindless mimicry. 1995 Anat. Rec. 241 461 Cockatoos (Cacatuinae) form a monophyletic lineage distant from the other Australo-Papuan psittacids (Psittacinae). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1886
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