单词 | cellepore |
释义 | celleporen. 1. Zoology. A marine bryozoan of or formerly of the genus Cellepora (family Celleporidae), having crowded zooecia that consist of calcareous vase-like chambers with a beak on one or both sides, and also found commonly as Tertiary and Quaternary fossils. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > class Ectoprocta > order Gymnolaemata > suborder Chilostomata > genus Cellepore cellepore1771 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 39 The harder and stone-like animal productions of the sea, comprehended under the names of Madrepores, Millepores, Cellepores, Corals, and Gorgonias. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. XIII. 599 Cellepora. The Cellepore... They inhabit various seas, but principally the Mediterranean. 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 92 There are a few other true cellepore corals round the coast. 1879 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 168 197 The crowded and compressed growth of the cells and ovicells in the central portion of the patch..gives the zoarium the aspect of a cellepore. 1923 F. Canu & R. S. Bassler North Amer. Later Tertiary & Quaternary Bryozoa 138 The zoarium incrusts Cellepore bryozoa. ΚΠ 1773 J. R. Forster Resol. Jrnl. 15 Aug. (1982) II. ii. 324 Rocks of the Lithophyta Class viz. Madrepores, Millepores & Cellepores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1771 |
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