| 释义 |
gyrencephalate, a. Zool.|dʒaɪərənˈsɛfələt|
[f. mod.L. Gyrencephala (see below), f. gyr-us + ἐγκέϕαλος brain (see encephala).]
Pertaining to or having the characters of the Gyrencephala, one of the four main divisions of mammalia in Owen's system, consisting of those in which the cerebrum is convoluted. So gyrenˈcephalous a.
1859Owen Classif. Mammalia 35 These limb-characters can only be rightly applied to the gyrencephalous subclass. 1866― Anat. Vertebr. II. 272 The Gyrencephalous quadrupeds, as a general rule, have a scrotum. 1875Blake Zool. 43 The gyrencephalate sub-class. |