| 释义 |
‖ zoea Zool.|zəʊˈiːə|
Pl. zoeæ |zəʊˈiːiː|, also in Eng. form zoeas |zəʊˈiːəz|. Also zoœa, zoæa. Earlier form zoe |ˈzəʊiː|; pl. zoes |ˈzəʊiːz|.
[mod.L. zoe, zoea (Bosc, 1802), the first form a. Gr. ζωή life, the second an extension of it by addition of fem. suffix -a 2.]
†a. (An animal of) a supposed genus of crustaceans, founded on certain larval forms mistaken for adults. Obs.
b. A larval stage of development in crustaceans, esp. decapods, usually characterized by one or more spines on the carapace, and rudimentary thoracic and abdominal limbs. Also attrib., as zoea-form, zoea-phase, zoea-stage.
1828J. V. Thompson Zool. Res. I. i. 5 The fifth or terminal joint formed as in all the genuine Zoeas, of a deep fork, the inner sides of which are furnished with three small spines. Ibid. 9 On the 1st of May of the present year, (1827,) another large Zoea was taken. Ibid. 11 note, The French have adopted the term Zoe for these animals, which, as more simple, and better suited to the genius of our own language than the Latin, may be used in familiar discourse without any impropriety. Ibid. 63 The Zoe or Larva of the common or edible Crab. 1835Westwood in Phil. Trans. CXXV. 324 If..these latter Zoes are to be regarded as the larvæ of Crabs, they must be considered as having acquired the maximum of their Zoe form. 1857Gosse Omphalos viii. 217 The Zoea form [of the crab], with carapace rising into a tall erect spine, sessile eyes, no claws. 1865[see Mysis b]. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 303 In most Podophthalmia the embryo leaves the egg, not as a Nauplius, but as a Zoœa, which has thoracic, but no abdominal, appendages. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 169 In the larval form [of the crayfish] known as Zoaea, the first Zoaea-stage has no palp to the mandible.
Hence zoeal |zəʊˈiːəl| a., of a zoea.
1870P. M. Duncan Blanchard's Transf. Insects 459 During the next zoëal period the paired eyes..are formed. |