| 释义 |
lyencephalous, a. Zool.|laɪɪnˈsɛfələs|
[f. mod.L. Lyencephal-a (Owen) + -ous.
According to Owen himself (Classif. Mammalia, 1859), his term Lyencephala is f. Gr. λύ-ειν to loose + ἐγκέϕαλος brain (see encephalon), and signifies ‘the comparatively loose or disconnected state of the cerebral hemispheres’.]
Of or belonging to the Lyencephala, in Owen's classification the lowest group of Mammals, including the Monotremes and the Marsupials.
1859Owen Classif. Mammalia 27 The Lyencephalous Mammalia. 1864in Webster. And in later Dicts. |