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English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Pachyptila.
Pronunciation
Noun
pachyptile (plural pachyptiles)
- (rare) Any seabird in the genus Pachyptila.
1976, V.P. Shuntov, Sea Birds and the Biological Structure of the Ocean, page 257:On the New Zealand shelf in the Tasman Sea pachyptiles are the most characteristic (the most numerous is the Pachyptila turtur).
Synonyms
Translations
seabird in
Pachyptila — see prionFrench
Etymology
A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) + the French -ptile (“feather”), probably after the translingual Pachyptila.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pachyptile (plural pachyptiles)
- (ornithology, rare) having thick feathers