turdiformadj.

Brit.

/ˈtəːdᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈtərdəˌfɔrm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin turdiformis.

Etymology: < scientific Latin turdiformis resembling a thrush (1827 as a specific name of a species of starling, or earlier) < classical Latin turdus thrush (see turdine adj.) + -formis -form comb. form². Compare earlier turdine adj. and turdoid adj.

Ornithology. Now rare.

Having the form or appearance of a thrush; resembling birds of the family Turdidae; thrush-like.

ΚΠ

1879 R. B. Sharpe Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. IV. 6 The characters here given, therefore, to the Turdiform families..cannot be considered exhaustive.

1905 Ibis 5 23 I am equally unable, at the present juncture, to say anything definite as to the probable nearest allies of this great Turdiform group.

1970 Bull. Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist., Yale Univ. No. 32. 61 Pycraft (1905c) proposed a large grouping of ‘turdiform’ birds to include part of the Timaliidae plus the Pycnonotidae, Mimidae, Turdidae, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	turdiform
释义	turdiformadj. Brit. /ˈtəːdᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈtərdəˌfɔrm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin turdiformis. Etymology: < scientific Latin turdiformis resembling a thrush (1827 as a specific name of a species of starling, or earlier) < classical Latin turdus thrush (see turdine adj.) + -formis -form comb. form². Compare earlier turdine adj. and turdoid adj. Ornithology. Now rare. Having the form or appearance of a thrush; resembling birds of the family Turdidae; thrush-like. ΚΠ 1879 R. B. Sharpe Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. IV. 6 The characters here given, therefore, to the Turdiform families..cannot be considered exhaustive. 1905 Ibis 5 23 I am equally unable, at the present juncture, to say anything definite as to the probable nearest allies of this great Turdiform group. 1970 Bull. Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist., Yale Univ. No. 32. 61 Pycraft (1905c) proposed a large grouping of ‘turdiform’ birds to include part of the Timaliidae plus the Pycnonotidae, Mimidae, Turdidae, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1879
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