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单词 papyraceous
释义 papyraceous, a. Nat. Hist.|pæpɪˈreɪʃəs|
[f. L. papyr-us (see paper) + -aceous.]
Of the consistence or thinness of paper; of the nature of paper; papery.
1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 169 The violet-purple, papyraceous Solen... It's whole substance is not thicker than that of a sheet of tolerably thick paper.1824C. Dubois Epit. Lamarck's Arrangem. Testacea 142 Shell thin, fragile, and papyraceous.1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 156/2 The scapula is..quite papyraceous in some places.1882Huxley in Nature 9 Mar. 437 This papyraceous substance has taken the place of the epidermis.
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