glossophagineadj.

/ɡlɒˈsɒfədʒʌɪn/

Etymology: < modern Latin Glossophaga ( < Greek γλῶσσα tongue + ϕαγεῖν to eat) + -ine suffix¹.

Belonging to or characteristic of the Glossophaginæ, a subfamily of South American bats which have long tongues used for obtaining food. Also as n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > belonging to suborder Microchiroptera > belonging to family Phyllostomidae or leaf-nosed

leaf-nosed1827

phyllostomatous1858

phyllostomous1858

phyllostomine1866

glossophagine1884

nose-leafed1884

1884 T. Gill in J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. V. 173 Glossophagines have the muzzle long and narrow..and the tongue is much more elongated.

1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Mammals 672 The Vampirine and Glossophagine divisions.

1913 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 271 Other Glossophagine bats have light bases to the fur.

1964 E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World I. 283/1 Glossophaga is one of the long-snouted, extensible-tongued glossophagine group of bats.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	glossophagine
释义	glossophagineadj. /ɡlɒˈsɒfədʒʌɪn/ Etymology: < modern Latin Glossophaga ( < Greek γλῶσσα tongue + ϕαγεῖν to eat) + -ine suffix¹. Belonging to or characteristic of the Glossophaginæ, a subfamily of South American bats which have long tongues used for obtaining food. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > belonging to suborder Microchiroptera > belonging to family Phyllostomidae or leaf-nosed leaf-nosed1827 phyllostomatous1858 phyllostomous1858 phyllostomine1866 glossophagine1884 nose-leafed1884 1884 T. Gill in J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. V. 173 Glossophagines have the muzzle long and narrow..and the tongue is much more elongated. 1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Mammals 672 The Vampirine and Glossophagine divisions. 1913 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 271 Other Glossophagine bats have light bases to the fur. 1964 E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World I. 283/1 Glossophaga is one of the long-snouted, extensible-tongued glossophagine group of bats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1884
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