| 释义 |
meliphagous, a. Ornith.|mɛˈlɪfəgəs|
Also erron. melli-.
[f. mod.L. Meliphaga (see meliphagan) + -ous.]
Belonging to the Meliphagidæ or honey-eating birds.
1826Vigors & Horsfield in Trans. Linnean Soc. XV. 311 There are many species..which have been ranked as Meliphagous in consequence of the alleged filamentous conformation of their tongue. 1837Swainson Nat. Hist. Birds II. 146 The plumage of the meliphagous birds of New Holland is almost universally dull. |
