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单词 merdiferous
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merdiferousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin merda , -iferous comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin merda merd n. + -iferous comb. form, probably after post-classical Latin merdifer (attested rarely in earlier glossaries: see quot. 1440).
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Probably: that scavenges in or cleans up dung.
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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 421 Racare of a pytte, merdifer, fumarius [read fimarius], olitor.]
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Merdiferous (merdifer), that farmeth dung, a Gold-finder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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