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单词 pyrrhocorax
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pyrrhocoraxn.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɒkəraks/, U.S. /pᵻˈrɑkəˌræks/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyrrhocorax.
Etymology: < classical Latin pyrrhocorax a red-beaked crow, probably the alpine chough (Pliny) < ancient Greek πυρρο- , combining form (in e.g. πυρρόθριξ red-haired) of πυρρός reddish (see pyrrhous adj.) + κόραξ crow (see coraco- comb. form).
Ornithology.
Either of two choughs, the red-billed chough ( Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and the alpine chough ( P. graculus). Now only (in form Pyrrhocorax) as the genus name.Valid publication of the genus name: M. Tunstall Ornithologia Brittanica (1771) 2.
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pyrrhocorax1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xlviii. 296 The Pyrrhocorax..with the yellow bill, was supposed to breed onely among the Alpes.
1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 269 Of their Birds the chief are..the Horn Owl, the Raven, Pyrrhocorax, [etc.].
1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant ii. 251 The Redlegged Crow or Pyrrhocorax.
?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 345 Pliny believed the pyrrhocorax to be of the Alps.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vi. 214 It feeds on very hard fruits, as the Nutcracker and the Pyrrhocorax.
1994 Amer. Naturalist 143 1086 Sibley and Ahlquist..did not analyze and provide delta values of DNA-DNA hybridization for some genera in our sample (Cettia, Pyrrhocorax, Oenanthe, [etc.]).

Derivatives

pyrrhocoracine adj. Obsolete rare of or relating to the genus Pyrrhocorax or the former subfamily Pyrrhocoracinae.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pyrrhocoracine, of or pertaining to the Pyrrhocoracinæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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