scolopacine

English

Etymology

Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Adjective

scolopacine (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.

Related terms

• scolopacid

 

References

• “scolopacine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.