soon (adv.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
Old English sona "at once, immediately, directly, forthwith," from Proto-Germanic *sæno (cognates: Old Frisian son, Old Saxon sana, Old High German san, Gothic suns "soon"). Sense softened early Middle English to "within a short time" (compare anon). American English. Sooner for "Oklahoma native" is 1930 (earlier "one who acts prematurely," 1889), from the 1889 opening to whites of what was then part of Indian Territory, when many would-be settlers sneaked onto public land and staked their claims "sooner" than the legal date and time.
acrididyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"An orthopteran insect of the family Acrididae, which includes locusts and typical (short-horned) grasshoppers", Late 19th cent. From scientific Latin Acrida, genus name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 427; from ancient Greek ἀκρίδ-, ἀκρίς locust: see acrid) + -id, after scientific Latin Acridiidae, family name.
ornitholiteyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A fossil formed from the remains of a bird", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Amos Eaton (1776–1842). From ornitho- + -lite, after scientific Latin Ornitholithus (Linnaeus Systema Naturae) or French ornitholithe.
piciformyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"Of or relating to the order Piciformes, which includes the woodpeckers and (in later use) the toucans, barbets, puffbirds, jacamars, and honeyguides", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Elliott Coues (1842–1889), naturalist and historian. From scientific Latin Picus, genus name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 112, after earlier use by him in Systema Naturae; from classical Latin pīcus woodpecker: see below) + -iform, after scientific Latin Piciformes, suborder name ( E. Coues Key to North American Birds (ed. 2, 1884) iii. ii. 446; earlier as a superfamily name, A. H. Garrod 1874 in Proc. Zool. Soc. 123).
ranidyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A frog of the large family Ranidae, which comprises typical frogs with long hind legs that are used for both leaping and swimming", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. From scientific Latin Rana, genus name ( Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 210; from classical Latin rāna frog, perhaps of imitative origin) + -id, after scientific Latin Ranidae, family name.