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polymyodian, a. Ornith.|ˌpəʊlɪmaɪˈəʊdɪən|
[f. mod.L. Polymȳōdī pl. (Müller 1847) (irreg. f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + µῦς muscle + ᾠδή song) + -an: cf. mesomyodian]
Belonging to the division Polymyodi of passerine birds, having numerous muscles of the syrinx or ‘song-muscles’: corresponding to oscines 2. Also (erron.) polyˈmyoid a.
1867Proc. Zool. Soc. 471 In no one of them does the structure of the skull differ so much from that of a typical polymyodian Coracomorph (e.g. one of the Corvidæ) as does that of the also polymyodian Coccothraustes. |