Phyllorhina (filorini)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 6
[NL.: see phyllo rhine.] The typical genus of horseshoe-bats of the family Rhinolophidæ and subfamily Phyllo rhininæ, containing about 20 species which have the leaf not lanceolate behind and not covering the nostrils. They have 1 incisor, 1 canine, 1 or 2 premolars, and 3 molars in each upper half-jaw, and 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, and 3 molars in each under half-jaw. See cut on following page. phyllo rhine (fil'ō-rin), a. and n. [ II. n. A bat of the subfamily Phyllorhininæ . Phyllorhininæ (fil"ō-ri-nīnē), n. pl . [NL., Rhinolophidæ , typified by the genus Phyllorhina , having the toes with only two phalanges apiece, and the iliopec Phyllorhininæ Phyllornis (fi-lôr'nis), n. [NL. (Temminck, 1829, appar. from a manuscript name of Boie's), ὄρνις , bird.] A genus of birds, giving name to the Phyllornithinæ ; the green bulbuls: synonymous with Chloropsis . phylloscopine (fi-los'kō-pin), a . [ Phyllos cop us + -ine1.] In ornith ., resembling a species of Phyllos cop us in the character of the bill: said of certain warblers. H. Scebohm . Phyllos cop us (fi-los'kō-pus), n . 1826), σκοπεῖν , view.] extensive genus of Old World warblers of the family Sylviidæ and subfamily Sylviinæ . The type is Sylvia trochilus ; it has twelve rectrices, yellow ax- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phyllos cop us superciliosus). illaries, and the greater wing-coverts with pale tips. The four British species are P. rufus, the chiffchaff; P. trochilus, the willow-warbler; P. sibilatrix, the wood-warbler; and P. superciliosus, the yellow-browed warbler. See also cut under chiffchaff. Compare Phyllopscuste.
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