单词 | cheirotherium |
释义 | Cheirotheriumn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1855 |
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