fraterculine

English

Etymology

From Fratercula +‎ -ine.

Adjective

fraterculine (comparative more fraterculine, superlative most fraterculine)

  1. (rare) Belonging to or characteristic of the genus Fratercula; pertaining to puffins.
    • 1912, Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, vol. 19, p. 151:
      Lastly, in 1896, Kellogg described two new species, viz. D. calwu from a variety of the Common Guillemot, and D. acutipedus from a Fraterculine host.
    • 1946, Handlingar, p. 122:
      It appears that the fraterculine alcids of the Pacific all have a complete postnuptial moult and only a partial prenuptial moult as the other alcids (cf. Stejneger 1885 a, p. 45), so probably the Puffin is quite unique […].
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