Meanings
adjectivefulicine (comparative more fulicine, superlative most fulicine)
comparative more fulicine · superlative most fulicine
- rarebiologyOf, or pertaining to coots.
The tarso-metatarsus is also typically Fulicine…
1896, C. W. Andrews, NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE. VOL. III. (ON THE EXTINCT BIRDS OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. PART II.), page 265
Origin
From translingual Fulica (genus name) + -ine.
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