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passerine的意思

passerine
英式音标['pæsə,raɪn]
美式英标['pæsəraɪn; -riːn]

基本解释

adj. 雀形目的

n. 雀形目鸟

英文词源

passerine (adj.)
1776, from Latin passerinus "of a sparrow," from passer "sparrow," possibly of imitative origin. The noun is 1842, from the adjective.