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fulicine

fulicine adjective: of, or pertaining to coots.

Adjective

fulicine (comparative more fulicine, superlative most fulicine)

  1. (rare) Of, or pertaining to coots.
    • The tarso-metatarsus is also typically Fulicine…1896, C. W. Andrews, NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. VOL. III. (ON THE EXTINCT BIRDS OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. PART II.), page 265

Forms of fulicine

comparativemore fulicine
superlativemost fulicine

Origin of fulicine

From translingual Fulica (genus name) + -ine.

Questions about fulicine

What does fulicine mean?
Fulicine means of, or pertaining to coots.
What part of speech is fulicine?
Fulicine is an adjective.

Words near fulicine in the dictionary

  1. Fulham virgin
  2. Fulham virgins
  3. fulhams
  4. Fuli
  5. Fuliang
  6. fulicine
  7. Fulidhoo
  8. fuligin
  9. fuliginose
  10. fuliginosities
  11. fuliginosity

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