† Pycnaspideaen.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pycnaspideae.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pycnaspideae, plural noun ( C. J. Sundevall Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen (1872) 61) < pycn- pycno- comb. form + ancient Greek ἀσπιδ- , ἀσπίς shield (see aspidistra n.) + scientific Latin -eae (see -eous suffix), the birds being so called on account of the small scales on the back of the tarsus.

Ornithology. Obsolete.

With plural agreement. In Sundevall's classification: a group of suboscine passerine birds having the back of the tarsus covered with small scales. Cf. pycnaspidean adj.

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1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 38/1 Cohors 4. Pycnaspideæ.—3 Families: Cocks-of-the-Rock.., the Chatterers and Fruit-Crows.., as well as Tityra and Lipaugus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pycnaspideae
释义	† Pycnaspideaen. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pycnaspideae. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pycnaspideae, plural noun ( C. J. Sundevall Methodi naturalis avium disponendarum tentamen (1872) 61) < pycn- pycno- comb. form + ancient Greek ἀσπιδ- , ἀσπίς shield (see aspidistra n.) + scientific Latin -eae (see -eous suffix), the birds being so called on account of the small scales on the back of the tarsus. Ornithology. Obsolete. With plural agreement. In Sundevall's classification: a group of suboscine passerine birds having the back of the tarsus covered with small scales. Cf. pycnaspidean adj. ΚΠ 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 38/1 Cohors 4. Pycnaspideæ.—3 Families: Cocks-of-the-Rock.., the Chatterers and Fruit-Crows.., as well as Tityra and Lipaugus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1885
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