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单词 ruticilline
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ruticillineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Ruticilla , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Ruticilla, former genus name (C. L. Brehm 1828, in Isis 21 1280, after a similar use in M.-J. Brisson Ornithologia (1760) III. 403 and use as specific name in Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 4, 1746) 78; < post-classical Latin ruticilla redstart (1534 or earlier; < classical Latin rutilus red (see rutilous adj.) after mōtacilla wagtail (see Motacilla n.); compare ancient Greek ϕοινίκουρος (see phoenicurous adj.)) + -ine suffix1. In later use after scientific Latin Ruticillinae, former subfamily name (1857 or earlier). N.E.D. (1910) gives the pronunciation as (rūtisi·ləin) /ruːtɪˈsɪlaɪn/.
Ornithology. Obsolete.
Of or relating to the former genus Ruticilla, which comprised the Old World redstarts, or the former subfamily Ruticillinae, which comprised the redstarts, robins, and nightingales.The redstarts are now in the genus Phoenicurus, and they, along with the chats, now constitute a subfamily within the family Muscicapidae.
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ruticilline1854
1854 Zoologist 12 4162 It displays its ruticilline affinities by the constant motion of its tail.
1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 277 These [genera] are adopted by Mr. Oates, who..refers all to the Ruticilline group (Redstart) of Turdidæ.
1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 516 As regards the Saxicoline and Ruticilline forms attention should be drawn to the jerky, flitting flight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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