spine-tailn.

Etymology: spine n.¹

a. Ornithology. One or other of several birds of unrelated genera characterized by their stiff, spine-like or mucronate tail-feathers.

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1839 J. J. Audubon Synopsis Birds N. Amer. 33 Chætura, Spine-tail.

1839 J. J. Audubon Synopsis Birds N. Amer. 33 Chætura pelasgia, American Spine-tail.

c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 111 The third family of the Mesomyodi, or Songless Birds, the Spine-tails (Dendrocolaptidæ).

1890 Cent. Dict. Orthonyx, a remarkable Australian genus of passerine birds; the spinetails.

1891 Cent. Dict. Spine-tail, the ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida.

1893 W. H. Hudson Naturalist in La Plata 371 Small Spine-tail [Synallaxis phryganophila] and Nest.

b. attributive in spine-tail grouse, spine-tail swift.

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1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 457 Chæturinæ, Spine-tail Swifts.

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 580 Centrocercus,..Spine-tail Grouse.

2. Ichthyology. (See quots.)

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1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 147 Teuthididæ. (Spine-tails.)

1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 148 In form and general appearance the Spine-tails resemble the Chætodons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	spine-tail
释义	spine-tailn. Etymology: spine n.¹ 1. a. Ornithology. One or other of several birds of unrelated genera characterized by their stiff, spine-like or mucronate tail-feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > feather(s) of > bird characterized by spine-tail1839 1839 J. J. Audubon Synopsis Birds N. Amer. 33 Chætura, Spine-tail. 1839 J. J. Audubon Synopsis Birds N. Amer. 33 Chætura pelasgia, American Spine-tail. c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 111 The third family of the Mesomyodi, or Songless Birds, the Spine-tails (Dendrocolaptidæ). 1890 Cent. Dict. Orthonyx, a remarkable Australian genus of passerine birds; the spinetails. 1891 Cent. Dict. Spine-tail, the ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida. 1893 W. H. Hudson Naturalist in La Plata 371 Small Spine-tail [Synallaxis phryganophila] and Nest. b. attributive in spine-tail grouse, spine-tail swift. ΚΠ 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 457 Chæturinæ, Spine-tail Swifts. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 580 Centrocercus,..Spine-tail Grouse. 2. Ichthyology. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 147 Teuthididæ. (Spine-tails.) 1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 148 In form and general appearance the Spine-tails resemble the Chætodons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1839
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