meliphagine
/mɛˈlɪfədʒɪn/Ornithology
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating (originally) the bird family Meliphagidae, which includes the honeyeaters of Australasia, or (now) the subfamily Meliphaginae.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Ibis: a quarterly journal of ornithology. From scientific Latin Meliphaga + -ine. In later use influenced by scientific Latin Meliphaginae, subfamily name.
- objectness
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- objector
- object-oriented
- object plate
- object program
- object pronoun
- object relations
- object-relationship
- objects clause
- object-soul
- object teaching
- objectual
- object white
- object word
- object world
- objet
- objet d'art
- objet de luxe
- objet de vertu
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- objet trouvé
- objure
- objurgate