释义 |
spiculi-|ˈspɪkjʊlɪ| combining form, after L. models, of spicula, spicule, and spiculum, occurring in a few Zool. terms, as spicuˈliferous a., bearing spicules. ˈspiculiform a., formed like a spicule; sharp-pointed. spicuˈligenous a., ‘containing spicules’ (Webster, 1847). spicuˈligerous a., spiculiferous.
1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 866/1 In the fourth section, Tubulifera,..the abdomen is furnished..with a *spiculiferous ovipositor. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 423/2 Many hook-formed spiculiferous lobes.
1846Dana Zooph. iv. (1848) 36 These *spiculiform organs..are of three kinds. 1852― Crust. ii. 708 A slender spiculiform process.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 118 The inner cells..in the meanwhile have become *spiculigerous. |