† phoenicurousadj.

Forms: 1800s phenicurous.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin phoenīcūrus bird with a red tail, perhaps the redstart ( < ancient Greek ϕοινίκουρος < ϕοινικ- , ϕοῖνιξ dark red (see Phoenician n. and adj.) + οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form²) + -ous suffix. Compare French phœnicure, phénicure (1752).

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

Having a red tail.

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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 945/1 Phœnicurus,..phenicurous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	phoenicurous
释义	† phoenicurousadj. Forms: 1800s phenicurous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phoenīcūrus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin phoenīcūrus bird with a red tail, perhaps the redstart ( < ancient Greek ϕοινίκουρος < ϕοινικ- , ϕοῖνιξ dark red (see Phoenician n. and adj.) + οὐρά tail: see uro- comb. form²) + -ous suffix. Compare French phœnicure, phénicure (1752). Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Having a red tail. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 945/1 Phœnicurus,..phenicurous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1858
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