jyngine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Formed as the Latin iynx (“wryneck”) + the English -ine (“of or pertaining to; like”), as if after the *Latin jyngīnus. Compare jynx.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒaɪn/

Adjective[edit]

jyngine (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to the Jynx genus; pertaining to or characteristic of the wryneck.
    • 1988, Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae, volumes 52-3, page 263:
      This agrees well with the more primitive structural organization of the jyngine brain.

References[edit]

  • “jyngine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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