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单词 mesorrhinium
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mesorrhiniumn.

Forms: 1800s mesorhinium, 1800s mesorhinum.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mesorrhinium.
Etymology: < scientific Latin mesorrhinium ( J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) 152) < meso- meso- comb. form + ancient Greek ῥιν- , ῥίς nose (see rhino- comb. form) + classical Latin -ium (see -y suffix4). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mesori·niɒ̆m, -əi·nɒ̆m) /mɛsəʊˈrɪnɪəm/, /-ˈaɪnəm/.
Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.
The part of a bird's beak between the nostrils.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mesorhinium... Term used by Illiger for the part of the beak which is comprised between the two nostrils.
1892 St. G. Mivart Elem. Ornithol. 147 The part of the bill between the nostrils is called the mesorhinum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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