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单词 -ptile
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-ptilecomb. form

Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Probably also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Greek πτίλον; French -ptile.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πτίλον soft feather, down (see ptilo- comb. form), in sense 1 probably via French -ptile (formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.; compare e.g. coléoptile coleoptile n.).Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin.
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1. Botany. Forming nouns denoting types of leaf and related adjectives, as coleoptile n., endoptile adj. at endo- prefix and comb. form , exoptile adj. at exo- prefix .
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2. Ornithology. Forming nouns denoting types of plumage, as neossoptile n., teleoptile n. at teleo- comb. form1 , trichoptile n. at tricho- comb. form1 .
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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