† phytotomousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: phyto- comb. form, Greek -τόμος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < phyto- comb. form + ancient Greek -τόμος (see -tome comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare scientific Latin Phytotoma (G. I. Molina 1782), genus name of a South American bird (the plant-cutter), French phytotome a kind of bird (1809 in Lamarck).

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

Of a bird or insect: habitually cutting into plants or leaves.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Phytotomous, leaf-cutting or plant-cutting, as a bird or insect.

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

单词	phytotomous
释义	† phytotomousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: phyto- comb. form, Greek -τόμος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < phyto- comb. form + ancient Greek -τόμος (see -tome comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare scientific Latin Phytotoma (G. I. Molina 1782), genus name of a South American bird (the plant-cutter), French phytotome a kind of bird (1809 in Lamarck). Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Of a bird or insect: habitually cutting into plants or leaves. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Phytotomous, leaf-cutting or plant-cutting, as a bird or insect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1890
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