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单词 cheirotherium
释义

Cheirotheriumn.

/kʌɪərəʊˈθɪərɪəm/
Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek χείρ hand + θηρίον beast.
Palaeontology.
A large extinct four-footed animal, whose footprints (found in the Upper New Red Sandstone) resemble a human hand; considered by Prof. Owen to be the same as the labyrinthodon n. a large Batrachian reptile.
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the world > animals > amphibians > [noun] > extinct types of > labyrinthodont or rachitome
labyrinthodon1841
labyrinthodont1841
Cheirotherium1855
rachitome1857
rachiotome1859
toad-lizard1899
1855 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (ed. 5) xxii. 339 A large unknown quadruped, provisionally named Cheirotherium by Prof. Kaup.

Derivatives

cheiroˈtherian adj. of or belonging to the Cheirotherium.
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the world > animals > amphibians > [adjective] > of extinct types
labyrinthodont1841
cheirotherian1855
mastodonsaurian1865
lepospondylous1901
lepospondyl1933
1855 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (ed. 5) xxii. 341 The..Labyrinthodon having existed at the period when the Cheirotherian footsteps were made.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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