单词 | cephalopoda |
释义 | cephalopodan. Zoology. With plural agreement. The most highly organized class of Mollusca, characterized by a distinct head with ‘arms’ or tentacles attached to it; comprising Cuttlefishes, the Nautilus, etc., and numerous fossil species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] cephalopoda1802 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 372 The cuttlefish, one of the cephalopoda. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 230 The Cephalopoda have..their locomotive organs arranged round the head, in the form of eight or more arms or tentacula. Derivatives cephaˈlopodal adj. = cephalopodan adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] cephalopodous1833 cephalopodic1856 cephalopodal1885 decapodiform- 1885 A. Stewart 'Twixt Ben Nevis & Glencoe iii. 25 Arrived at the years of Cepholopodal discretion. ˌcephaloˈpodic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] cephalopodous1833 cephalopodic1856 cephalopodal1885 decapodiform- 1856 T. H. Huxley in S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca iii. 447 It takes on the cephalopodic form. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 442 The cephalopodic character. Categories » cephaˈlopodan adj. and n. (a) adj. in same sense; (b) n. = cephalopod n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1802 |
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