| 释义 |
‖ semita Zool.|ˈsɛmɪtə|
[mod.L. use of L. sēmita narrow way or path.]
A band of minute close-set tubercles which bear ciliated clubbed spines, characteristic of the spatangoid sea-urchins.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ix. 574 These bands of peculiarly modified spines are called semitæ or fascioles. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 558.
Hence ˈsemital a. [cf. L. sēmitālis belonging to footpaths], of or pertaining to a semita.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ix. 573 Fig., Semital tubercles... Semital spine. |