different between alkaloid vs cygnine

English

Etymology

From alkali +? -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æl.k?.l??d/

Noun

alkaloid (plural alkaloids)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of many organic heterocyclic bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:alkaloid

Related terms

• alkaloidal
• alkaloidiferous

Translations

See also

Adjective

alkaloid (comparative more alkaloid, superlative most alkaloid)

1. Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.

Czech

Noun

alkaloid m

1. alkaloid

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From alkali +? -oid

Noun

alkaloid n (definite singular alkaloidet, indefinite plural alkaloid or alkaloider, definite plural alkaloida or alkaloidene)

1. (organic chemistry) an alkaloid

References

• “alkaloid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “alkaloid” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From alkali +? -oid

Noun

alkaloid n (definite singular alkaloidet, indefinite plural alkaloid, definite plural alkaloida)

1. (organic chemistry) an alkaloid

References

• “alkaloid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ka?l?.it/

Noun

alkaloid m inan

1. alkaloid

Declension

Further reading

• alkaloid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkal?i?d/
• Hyphenation: al?ka?lo?id

Noun

alkalò?d m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. alkaloid

Declension

English

Etymology 1

From Latin cygnus (“swan”), with English -ine.

Adjective

cygnine (comparative more cygnine, superlative most cygnine)

1. (zoology) Being of the genus Cygnus (swan), within subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae, though sometimes considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae.
   • 1869, Elliott Coues, On the Classification of Water Birds, Merrihew & Son (1870), page 26:

     The genus Choristopus, Eyton, apparently Anserine rather than Cygnine, is said to possess this character […]

2. Of, concerning, pertaining to, resembling, or having the characteristics of a swan or swans.
   • 1915, in Zoologische Jahrbücher: Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und […] , volume 38,^[2] page 44:

     On the whole, then, the bones of the pectoral arch in Dendrocygna — if we may judge from the two North American species of the genus — are more anatine than they are either anserine or cygnine.

   • 1949, G. L. Hendrickson, Classical Philology, Vol. 44, No. 1, page 30 alternate

     ...scarcely a translator can be found who conveys any other impression than that Horace becomes a swan before our eyes. One almost wonders in what cygnine dialect the rest of the poem was spoken.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to swans): olorine

Related terms

• cygnet
• cygnicide
• dendrocygnid

See also

• anatine
• anserine

Etymology 2

From the Swan River, in Western Australia where the toxic plants were discovered

Noun

cygnine (uncountable)

1. (dated) An alkaloid from plants of genus Gastrolobium, found in Australia, principally Western Australia, highly toxic to introduced animals.

See also

• monofluoroacetic acid
• fluoroacetate