Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name sometimes given to the glassy forms of the plagioclase feldspars occurring as minute phenocrysts in igneous rocks.
- Resembling, or having the characters of, the small rodents of the genus Microtus.
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Etymologies
- From scientific Latin Microtinae, a subfamily name, from Microtus + -inae. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The role of plant production in microtine cycles in northern Fennoscandia.”
“How much do weasels shape microtine cycles in the northern Fennoscandian taiga?”
“Four experiments on a Norwegian subalpine microtine rodent assemblage during a summer decline.”
“Geographical synchrony in cyclic microtine populations: a theoretical evaluation of the role of nomadic avian predators.”
“Phenolics/nitrogen ratios in the blueberry Vaccinium myrtillus in relation to temperature and microtine density in Finnish Lapland.”
“Long-term variations in plant quality and quantity in relation to cyclic microtine rodents at Kilpisjärvi, Finnish Lapland.”
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation
“He was the new department chair, and like my lab, he also studied the behavioral ecology of microtine rodents.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘microtine’.
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Beastly adjectives
How would you describe your brother-in-law? Is he a tad bovine? Maybe there is something lacertilian about him? Or his business practices seem a little percesocine to you.
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Animal-ine
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