ornithurineadj.n.

Brit.

/ɔːˈnɪθjᵿrʌɪn/, U.S.

/ɔrˈnɪθ(j)əˌrin/,

/ɔrˈnɪθ(j)əˌraɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ornithurae , -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Ornithurae (see ornithurous adj.) + -ine suffix¹.

Palaeontology.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating birds of the division Ornithurae, a clade (believed to have originated in the Cretaceous period and including all recent bird species) descended from the earliest birds to have a short bony tail with a pygostyle. Cf. earlier ornithurous adj.

ΚΠ

1986 Paleobiology 12 383 Ornithurine innovations included major changes throughout the skeleton.

1994 Nature 17 Mar. 196/2 The Cretaceous birds Patagopteryx deferraiisi and Enantiornithes..are phylogenetically intermediate between nonavian dinosaurs and ornithurine birds.

B. n.

An ornithurine bird.

ΚΠ

1986 Paleobiology 12 394 Numerous characters that now place them [sc. the Enantiornithes] in the carinates will either be parallelisms or will actually be primitive in ornithurines and then reversed in Hesperornis.

2001 Nature 11 Jan. p. ix/2 Asparavis ukhaana, an ornithurine (bird of modern aspect) from the Late Cretaceous is the best-preserved Mesozoic ornithurine discovered for over a century.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ornithurine
释义	ornithurineadj.n. Brit. /ɔːˈnɪθjᵿrʌɪn/, U.S. /ɔrˈnɪθ(j)əˌrin/, /ɔrˈnɪθ(j)əˌraɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ornithurae , -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Ornithurae (see ornithurous adj.) + -ine suffix¹. Palaeontology. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating birds of the division Ornithurae, a clade (believed to have originated in the Cretaceous period and including all recent bird species) descended from the earliest birds to have a short bony tail with a pygostyle. Cf. earlier ornithurous adj. ΚΠ 1986 Paleobiology 12 383 Ornithurine innovations included major changes throughout the skeleton. 1994 Nature 17 Mar. 196/2 The Cretaceous birds Patagopteryx deferraiisi and Enantiornithes..are phylogenetically intermediate between nonavian dinosaurs and ornithurine birds. B. n. An ornithurine bird. ΚΠ 1986 Paleobiology 12 394 Numerous characters that now place them [sc. the Enantiornithes] in the carinates will either be parallelisms or will actually be primitive in ornithurines and then reversed in Hesperornis. 2001 Nature 11 Jan. p. ix/2 Asparavis ukhaana, an ornithurine (bird of modern aspect) from the Late Cretaceous is the best-preserved Mesozoic ornithurine discovered for over a century. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1986
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