† penelopineadj. [after scientific Latin Penelopinae, former subfamily name (C. L. Bonaparte Synopsis vertebratorum systematis (1837) 14)] OrnithologyObsoleterare of, relating to, or characteristic of the former subfamily Penelopinae of the family Cracidae, which comprised the guans.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. 4372/1Penelopine, pertaining to the Penelopinæ, or having their characters.