cygnine
English
Adjective
cygnine (comparative more cygnine, superlative most cygnine)
- (zoology) Being of the genus Cygnus (swan), within subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae, though sometimes considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae.
- 1869, Elliott Coues, On the Classification of Water Birds, Merrihew & Son (1870), page 26:
- The genus Choristopus, Eyton, apparently Anserine rather than Cygnine, is said to possess this character […]
- 1869, Elliott Coues, On the Classification of Water Birds, Merrihew & Son (1870), page 26:
- Of, concerning, pertaining to, resembling, or having the characteristics of a swan or swans.
- 1915, in Zoologische Jahrbücher: Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und […] , volume 38, page 44:
- On the whole, then, the bones of the pectoral arch in Dendrocygna — if we may judge from the two North American species of the genus — are more anatine than they are either anserine or cygnine.
- 1949, G. L. Hendrickson, Classical Philology, Vol. 44, No. 1, page 30 alternate
- ...scarcely a translator can be found who conveys any other impression than that Horace becomes a swan before our eyes. One almost wonders in what cygnine dialect the rest of the poem was spoken.
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to swans): olorine
Etymology 2
From the Swan River, in Western Australia where the toxic plants were discovered
Noun
cygnine (uncountable)
- (dated) An alkaloid from plants of genus Gastrolobium, found in Australia, principally Western Australia, highly toxic to introduced animals.
See also
- monofluoroacetic acid
- fluoroacetate
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