Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the order Guttiferæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.
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- noun botany A
plant thatexudes gum orresin .
Etymologies
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From Latin gutta drop + ferre to bear.
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Examples
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Other uncommon species are golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, redlegged kittiwake Rissa brevirostris (VU), and spotted greenshank Tringa guttifer (EN).
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Waders like Chinese egrets (Egretta eulophotes), Nordmann’s greenshanks (Tringa guttifer), and Saunder’s gulls (Larus saundersi) also winter here.
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These include Japanese night-herons (Gorsachius goisagi), Nordmann’s greenshanks (Tringa guttifer), and spoon-billed sandpipers (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus).
bilby commented on the word guttifer
OMG drop bears!
September 28, 2022