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præcocial
præcocial, a. Ornith. (priːˈkəʊʃ(ɪ)əl) Also precocial. [f. L. præcocēs (C. J. Sundevall 1836, in Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien Handlingar 1835 70) (pl. of præcox early mature: see precocious), applied in Ornithology to a division of birds: see below.] Of or pertaining to the Præcoces, applied t...
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precocial
precocial, a. Now the usual spelling of præcocial a.
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ejaculatio præcox
‖ ejaculatio præcox (ɪdʒækjʊˈleɪʃɪəʊ ˈpriːkɒks) [mod.L.: see ejaculation, præcocial a.] (See quot. 1925.)1892 C. G. Chaddock tr. Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis iii. 196 He became neurasthenic, being afflicted with weakness of erection and ejaculatio præcox. 1921 E. J. Kempf Psychopath. vii. 32...
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altricial
altricial, a. Ornith. (ælˈtrɪʃ(ɪ)əl) [f. mod.L. Altrices division of birds, f. L. altric-, altrix, fem. of altor nourisher (alĕre to nourish) + -al.] = nidicolous a.: opp. præcocial a., q.v.1872 Coues N. Amer. Birds 224 Pigeons are altricial, and monogamous. 1884 Ibid. (ed. 2) ii. §3. 88 Altricial b...
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precocious
precocious, a. (prɪˈkəʊʃəs) [f. L. præcox, -cocem (precoce): see -ious.] 1. Of a plant: Flowering or fruiting early; spec. bearing blossom before the leaves; also said of the blossoms or fruit.1650 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. (ed. 2) 79 Many precocious trees, and such as have their spring in th...
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ptilo-
ptilo- (pt-, tɪləʊ) before a vowel ptil-, combining form of Gr. πτίλον a soft feather, a plumelet. ˈptilocerque (-sɜːk) Zool. [Gr. κέρκος tail], an elephant shrew of the genus Ptilocercus, having a long tail with distichous hairs towards the end; the pen-tailed shrew. ptiloˈgenesis, the genesis or g...
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