pteropineadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɛrəpʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈtɛrəpaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Pteropus n., -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < Pteropus n. + -ine suffix¹, originally after scientific Latin Pteropina, former tribe name (J. E. Gray 1825, in Ann. Philos. 10 23).

Zoology. Now rare.

Of or relating to the genus Pteropus of Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae), which comprises the flying foxes. Cf. pteropodine adj.

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leaf-nosed1827

pteropine1836

mystacinous1839

noctilionine1843

1836 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 3 iii. 149 Mr. Bennett called the attention of the Meeting to a Pteropine Bat..recently..obtained from the neighbourhood of the river Gambia.

1887 Athenæum 26 Mar. 421/1 A new genus of pteropine bats.

1994 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 81 549/1 Visitation by pteropine bats has also been observed in Northern Queensland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pteropine
释义	pteropineadj. Brit. /ˈtɛrəpʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈtɛrəpaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Pteropus n., -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < Pteropus n. + -ine suffix¹, originally after scientific Latin Pteropina, former tribe name (J. E. Gray 1825, in Ann. Philos. 10 23). Zoology. Now rare. Of or relating to the genus Pteropus of Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae), which comprises the flying foxes. Cf. pteropodine adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] > of miscellaneous types leaf-nosed1827 pteropine1836 mystacinous1839 noctilionine1843 1836 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 3 iii. 149 Mr. Bennett called the attention of the Meeting to a Pteropine Bat..recently..obtained from the neighbourhood of the river Gambia. 1887 Athenæum 26 Mar. 421/1 A new genus of pteropine bats. 1994 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 81 549/1 Visitation by pteropine bats has also been observed in Northern Queensland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1836
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