enantiornithine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of an extinct group of protobirds of the Enantiornithes.
    — The enantiornithines were rather diverse in form and size, so it is not clear if Junornis was typical or unusual but it does mean that this form of flight was one of a number being explored by early birds.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to the Enantiornithes.
    — But enantiornithine birds seem to have developed feathers in a radically different way, as Dr. O’Connor and her colleagues argued in a recent study. They hatched with bare bodies but with fully feathered wings.

词形变化

词源

词源 1
From enanti- + + Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος (órnithos, “bird”) + -ine.
词源 2
From enanti- + + Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος (órnithos, “bird”) + -ine.
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