| 释义 |
‖ entrochus Palæont.|ˈɛntrəkəs|
Pl. entrochi.
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἐν in + τροχός wheel.]
A name sometimes given to the wheel-like plates of which certain crinoids are composed.
1676Beaumont in Phil. Trans. XI. 727 Most of the oval Entrochi grow crooked and twisting. 1755T. Amory Mem. (1769), The vault and walls are decorated with entrochi and shells. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 488 The entrochi and the relics of other fishes. |