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单词 pythonine
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pythonineadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪθənʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈpaɪθəˌnaɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Python , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Python (see python n.1) + -ine suffix1, after scientific Latin Pythoninae, subfamily name ( G. A. Boulenger Reptilia & Batrachia (1890) 244).
Zoology.
A. adj.
Of or relating to pythons, esp. when regarded as constituting a subfamily ( Pythoninae) of the family Boidae.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [adjective] > of or relating to python
pythonine1890
pythonic1903
1890 Cent. Dict. Pythonine, of or pertaining to the Pythoninæ or Pythonidæ; pythoniform.
1975 Jrnl. Herpetol. 9 29 The pythonine arrangement of these bones seems to permit the palatine and maxilla to move together as a unit.
2000 Science 17 Mar. 2012/2 Pythonine characters of Pachyrachis are the straight frontoparietal suture and the nature of the postorbital–parietal contact.
B. n.
A pythonine snake; a python.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Pythonidae > member of (python)
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pythonid1895
1890 Cent. Dict. Pythonine, a python or member of the Pythonidæ.
1975 Jrnl. Herpetol. 9 28 Frazetta..compared the skulls of pythonines and boines without stating definite taxonomic conclusions.
2001 Copeia No. 4. 1153/1 The molecular results confirmed that Sanzinia and Acrantophis are members of the boine lineage rather than the pythonines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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