avianadj.

Brit.

/ˈeɪvɪən/, U.S.

/ˈeɪviən/

Etymology: < Latin avis bird + -an suffix; compare apian.

Of or pertaining to birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > [adjective]

feathereda1605

ornithic1842

ornithological1842

avian1870

avine1881

volucrine1881

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 49 Peculiarities which distinguish the Avian from the Reptilian organism.

1879 Cornhill Mag. June 722 The avian system of architecture.

Draft additions June 2006

avian flu n. = avian influenza n. at Additions.

ΚΠ

1983 Daily Intelligencer (Montgomery County, Maryland) 9 Nov. The U.S. Agriculture Department will foot the bill for slaughtering up to 3 million chickens in Pennsylvania with a fatal form of avian flu.

1998 Environmental Health News 5 June 10/4 As a result of the recent Avian Flu food scares, the Hong Kong Food Council decided to promote Basic Food Hygiene Training.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. a19/3 Inside a human host, the viruses for avian and human influenzas could swap some genetic material, creating an avian flu that transmits readily from person to person.

Draft additions June 2006

avian influenza n. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine an acute, infectious, often fatal disease affecting birds (esp. poultry), caused by any of several types of influenza virus; (also) influenza in humans and other mammals caused by an avian virus; cf. bird flu n. at bird n. Compounds 2a.

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1965 Bull. World Health Organization 32 855 (title) Avian influenza A viruses.

1979 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76 6550/2 Recombination in nature among avian influenza A viruses has been observed..and data have been presented suggesting this mechanism for the emergence of several human pandemic strains.

2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 89/5 Imports of live poultry and hatching eggs from the Netherlands to the UK have been banned following suspicion of avian influenza.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	avian
释义	avianadj. Brit. /ˈeɪvɪən/, U.S. /ˈeɪviən/ Etymology: < Latin avis bird + -an suffix; compare apian. Of or pertaining to birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [adjective] feathereda1605 ornithic1842 ornithological1842 avian1870 avine1881 volucrine1881 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 49 Peculiarities which distinguish the Avian from the Reptilian organism. 1879 Cornhill Mag. June 722 The avian system of architecture. Draft additions June 2006 avian flu n. = avian influenza n. at Additions. ΚΠ 1983 Daily Intelligencer (Montgomery County, Maryland) 9 Nov. The U.S. Agriculture Department will foot the bill for slaughtering up to 3 million chickens in Pennsylvania with a fatal form of avian flu. 1998 Environmental Health News 5 June 10/4 As a result of the recent Avian Flu food scares, the Hong Kong Food Council decided to promote Basic Food Hygiene Training. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. a19/3 Inside a human host, the viruses for avian and human influenzas could swap some genetic material, creating an avian flu that transmits readily from person to person. Draft additions June 2006 avian influenza n. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine an acute, infectious, often fatal disease affecting birds (esp. poultry), caused by any of several types of influenza virus; (also) influenza in humans and other mammals caused by an avian virus; cf. bird flu n. at bird n. Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1965 Bull. World Health Organization 32 855 (title) Avian influenza A viruses. 1979 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76 6550/2 Recombination in nature among avian influenza A viruses has been observed..and data have been presented suggesting this mechanism for the emergence of several human pandemic strains. 2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 89/5 Imports of live poultry and hatching eggs from the Netherlands to the UK have been banned following suspicion of avian influenza. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1870
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