单词 | piperivorous |
释义 | † piperivorousadj. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. That feeds on pepper.In quot. 1800 a mistake for scientific Latin piperivorus. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating pepper piperivorous1858 1800 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 5 at Green toucan In subsequent editions of the Systema Naturæ, it has received a specific name, and is the Ramphastos Piperivorous, of Linnæus and Gmelin.] 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 968/2 Piperivorus, living on pepper, as the Rhamphastos piperivorus: piperivorous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1858 |
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