🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

조류의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: joryu-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Avicular/əˈvɪkjʊlər/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 조류의 특성은 과학자들에 의해 발견되었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or resembling birds; bird-like in form, structure, or habit.

    "The researcher identified an avicular feature in the prehistoric fossil morphology."
  2. 2

    Associated with tarantulas of the genus Avicularia, or having characteristics of bird-eating spiders.

    "The avicular hairs can cause minor irritation when defending against predators."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'avicularis', pertaining to little birds, from 'avicula' (diminutive of 'avis', meaning bird). It entered scientific English in the 19th century primarily to describe anatomical structures or animal taxa resembling small birds, notably within ornithology and arachnology.

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