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单词 nycteribiid
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nycteribiidadj.n.

Brit. /ˌnɪktəˈrɪbiːɪd/, U.S. /ˌnɪktəˈrɪbiɪd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nycteribiidae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Nycteribiidae, family name < Nycteribia , genus name ( P. A. Latreille Précis des caractères génériques des insectes (1796) 176; < Nycteris (see nycterine n. and adj.) + ancient Greek βίος life: see bio- comb. form) + -idae (see -id suffix3).
Entomology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the family Nycteribiidae of wingless dipteran flies which are parasites of bats and bear live young.
ΚΠ
1932 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 1 38 The only ectoparasites met with were the highly specialised, wingless Nycteribiid flies of the genus Cyclopodia.
1956 Amer. Midland Naturalist 55 267 Pallid bats at the Bird Farm were infested with the nycteribiid fly Basilia antrozoi Ferris.
1989 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 325 493 (table) Nycteribiid ectoparasites.
B. n.
A fly of the family Nycteribiidae; a bat fly.
ΚΠ
1938 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 6 337 Scott (1908), in his account of the variation which occurs in the Nycteribiid Cyclopodia sykesi [etc.].
1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 1036 A single species of Nycteribiid may utilize several species of host.
2001 Jrnl. Med. Entomol. 38 400 Ectoparasites recovered included..three species of nycteribiid.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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