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单词 pycnonotine
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pycnonotineadj.

Brit. /ˌpɪknəˈnəʊtʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌpɪknəˈnoʊˌtaɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Pycnonotus , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Pycnonotus, genus name (F. Boie 1826, in Isis von Oken col. 973; < pycno- pycno- comb. form + ancient Greek νῶτον , νῶτος back: see noto- comb. form) + -ine suffix1. In specific use after scientific Latin Pycnonotinae, subfamily name ( G. R. Gray List Genera of Birds (1840) 28). Compare French pycnonotiné, adjective (1875; rare).
Ornithology. rare.
Relating to or resembling the bulbuls; spec. relating or belonging to the former subfamily Pycnonotinae, which comprised the bulbuls as part of the thrush family Turdidae (now placed in the separate family Pycnonotidae).
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pycnonotine, resembling or related to Pycnonotus; belonging to the Pycnonotinæ.
1917 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 7 537 (title) Diagnosis of a new pycnonotine family of Passeriformes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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