† ornithurousadj.

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin Ornithurae, division name (Haeckel Gen. Morphol. der Organismen (1866) I. p. cxl; < ornitho- ornitho- comb. form + ancient Greek οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form²) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǭɹniþiū^ə·rəs) /ɔːnɪˈθjʊərəs/.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Of or relating to the division Ornithurae, including birds having a short bony tail terminated by a pygostyle and (in Haeckel's classification) comprising all birds except the extinct Archaeopteryx (placed in a separate division Sauriurae). Cf. later ornithurine adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1890 in Cent. Dict. Ornithurous, of or pertaining to the Ornithuræ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ornithurous
释义	† ornithurousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ornithurae , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Ornithurae, division name (Haeckel Gen. Morphol. der Organismen (1866) I. p. cxl; < ornitho- ornitho- comb. form + ancient Greek οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form²) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǭɹniþiū^ə·rəs) /ɔːnɪˈθjʊərəs/. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Of or relating to the division Ornithurae, including birds having a short bony tail terminated by a pygostyle and (in Haeckel's classification) comprising all birds except the extinct Archaeopteryx (placed in a separate division Sauriurae). Cf. later ornithurine adj. and n. ΚΠ 1890 in Cent. Dict. Ornithurous, of or pertaining to the Ornithuræ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1890
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