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fraterculine

fraterculine adjective: belonging to or characteristic of the genus Fratercula; pertaining to puffins.

Adjective

fraterculine (comparative more fraterculine, superlative most fraterculine)

  1. (rare) Belonging to or characteristic of the genus Fratercula; pertaining to puffins.
    • Lastly, in 1896, Kellogg described two new species, viz. D. calwu from a variety of the Common Guillemot, and D. acutipedus from a Fraterculine host.1912, Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, volume 19, page 151
    • It appears that the fraterculine alcids of the Pacific all have a complete postnuptial moult and only a partial prenuptial moult as the other alcids (cf. Stejneger 1885 a, p. 45), so probably the Puffin is quite unique […].1946, Handlingar, page 122

Forms of fraterculine

comparativemore fraterculine
superlativemost fraterculine

Origin of fraterculine

From taxonomic name Fratercula + -ine.

Questions about fraterculine

What does fraterculine mean?
Fraterculine means belonging to or characteristic of the genus Fratercula; pertaining to puffins.
What part of speech is fraterculine?
Fraterculine is an adjective.

Words near fraterculine in the dictionary

  1. frater
  2. frater house
  3. frater houses
  4. frater-house
  5. frater-houses
  6. fraterculine
  7. frateries
  8. fraternal
  9. fraternal birth order effect
  10. fraternal birth-order effect
  11. fraternal nephew

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