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单词 postpubis
释义 postpubis Zool.|-ˈpjuːbɪs|
Pl. -es |-iːz|.
[mod.L., f. post- A. 2 b + pubis.]
The hinder or postacetabular part of the pubis or pubic bone, esp. when greatly developed, as in Birds and Dinosaurs. (Opp. to præpubis.) Hence postˈpubic a., pertaining to the postpubis.
1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 65 The main portion of the bird's pubis is the homologue of the postpubis (so called) in the same groups [Stegosauria and Ornithopoda].1893Newton Dict. Birds 862 The ‘pubis’ of Birds being in reality homologous with the postpubis of Dinosaurs and the processus lateralis pubis of other Reptiles.
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