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单词 peristeromorph
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peristeromorphn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Peristeromorphae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Peristeromorphae, former superfamily name (T. H. Huxley 1867, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 11 Apr. 456) < ancient Greek περιστερά pigeon (see peristerite n.) + scientific Latin -morphae (compare -morph comb. form). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pĕri·stĕrŏmǭɹf) /pəˈrɪstərəmɔːf/.
Ornithology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A member of the Peristeromorphae, a group of birds comprising the pigeons in the classification proposed by T. H. Huxley in 1867.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Peristeromorph, a member of the Peristeromorphæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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