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ORNITHOPHAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
CONT

Amadon ... and others have noted that plumages of adult and immature Rufous-thighed Kites ... of eastern South America are like those of adults of the wide-ranging neotropical Bicolored Hawk (...), a bird eater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
DEF

Qui se nourrit d'oiseaux.

OBS

ornitho : élément, du gr. ornis, ornithos «oiseau».

OBS

phage [...] : éléments du gr. -phagos et -phagia, de phagein «manger» [...]

CONT

Les premiers (rapaces) ornithophages, trouvent leur nourriture pendant toute l'année.

OBS

CILF préfère la graphie «ornitophage» (sans «h»).

Key term(s)
  • ornitophage

Spanish

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