单词 | glossophagine |
释义 | glossophagine, a.|glɒˈsɒfədʒaɪn| [f. mod.L. Glossophaga (f. Gr. γλῶσσα tongue + ϕαγεῖν to eat) + -ine1.] Belonging to or characteristic of the Glossophaginæ, a subfamily of South American bats which have long tongues used for obtaining food. Also as n.
1884T. Gill in J. S. Kingsley Stand. Nat. Hist. V. 173 Glossophagines have the muzzle long and narrow..and the tongue is much more elongated. 1899Cent. Dict., Glossophagine, adj. 1913Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 8th Ser. XII. 271 Other Glossophagine bats have light bases to the fur. 1964E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World I. 283/1 Glossophaga is one of the long-snouted, extensible-tongued glossophagine group of bats. |

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