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单词 ornithogaea
释义

Ornithogaean.

Brit. /ˌɔːnᵻθə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːə/, /ˌɔːnᵻθə(ʊ)ˈɡiːə/, /ˌɔːnᵻθə(ʊ)ˈɡʌɪə/, U.S. /ɔrˌnɪθoʊˈdʒiə/, /ɔrˌnɪθoʊˈɡiə/, /ɔrˌnɪθoʊˈɡaɪə/; see also ornitho- comb. form.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, Greek γαῖα, γῆ.
Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + ancient Greek γαῖα, poetic form of γῆ the earth (see geo- comb. form). Compare slightly earlier Notogaea n. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫɹnəiþoī·ă, -gī·ă) /ɔːnaɪθəʊˈdʒiːə/, /-ˈɡiːə/.
Zoology. Now historical and rare.
P. L. Sclater's term for: a zoogeographical region comprising New Zealand and Polynesia, characterized by the existence of many birds unique to the region and by the absence of native land mammals except for bats.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > specific
moose yard1800
tsetse district1851
tsetse country1853
fly-country1864
Notogaea1868
floral zone1870
Ornithogaea1874
Nearctic1877
fly-belt1894
fertile crescent1914
alterne1916
Wallacea1928
pollen zone1929
1874 P. L. Sclater in Manch. Sci. Lect. 6th Ser. v. 79 We may divide our earth..into four divisions..IV... Ornithogæa—Bird-land.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 1005/1 Dr. Sclater..recognized three primary divisions [instead of Huxley's Notogaea], namely, Dendrogaea.., Antarctogaea.., and Ornithogaea.

Derivatives

Ornithogaean adj. Obsolete
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the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [adjective] > biogeographical
Hudsonian1835
Nearctic1858
neotropical1858
Palaearctic1858
palaeogean1858
palaeotropical1858
tropicopolitan1858
subregional1870
neotropic1877
Notogaean1879
Indogaean1885
Ornithogaean1890
Pontic1891
Notogaeic1896
ecogeographical1939
ecogeographic1951
1890 Cent. Dict. Ornithogæan realm.
1899 W. L. Sclater & P. L. Sclater Geogr. Mammals Introd. 11 Mr. Gill..has proposed a division of the Earth into nine ‘realms’... (8) The Ornitho-gæan (= New Zealand).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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