| 单词 |
meliphagine |
| 释义 |
meliphagine, a. and n. Ornith.|mɛˈlɪfədʒɪn| [ad. mod.L. Meliphagīn-us, f. Meliphaga: see meliphagan and -ine.] a. adj. Of or pertaining to the Meliphaginæ, a sub-family of the Meliphagidæ (see prec.). Also used for meliphagidan. b. n. A bird of this sub-family.
1884Ibis July 340 The two genera Melithreptus and Plectorynchus are obviously Meliphagine. 1890–99S. B. Wilson & A. H. Evans Birds Sandwich Isl. Introd. 21 It is a very old supposition that some of the Finch-like forms were Meliphagine. |

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