estrildidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From translingual Estrildidae.

名詞

estrildid (複数形 estrildids)

1. (zoology) Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
   • 1968, Breviora, Issues 280-309, page 50,

     Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young.

   • 1996, Gordon L. Maclean, Ecophysiology of Desert Birds‎^[1], page 100:

     Marschall and Prinzinger (1991) subjected five species of estrildids to the following calculation from laboratory measurements under different T_A: O₂ consumption, CO₂ production, RMR, TNZ, conductance and T_B.

   • 2008, James L. Goodson, Chapter 1: Nonapeptides and the evolutionary patterning of sociality‎^[2], page 8:

     The estrildids are all monogamous (forming long-term または life-long pair bonds) and exhibit biparental care.