单词 | crinite |
释义 | † criniten. Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. A fossil crinoid; an encrinite. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > fossil or encrinite entrochus1661 syntrochite1681 Encrinus1762 encrinite1808 stone-lily1808 crinite1826 stone-flower1847 1826 G. Cumberland 31 An entirely new species of Crinite, partially allied to the Kentucky Asterial one... This fossil body has never before been found in England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). criniteadj.ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [adjective] > hairy faxedOE crinite1589 comate1600 shaggy1605 1589 T. Lodge Scillaes Metamorphosis sig. E3 Next lulla to those forts whereout doth fancie prie, As one amaz'd to see the starre is fixt before her eye. A Crinite Comet crisped faire which on those arches stands Of Marble white enameled, and closde with azure bands. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiv. xliv. 259 How comate, crinite, caudate starres are fram'd I knew. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xii. 248 The Cane like to a blazing Starre Crinite Greater appear'd. 1772 A. Oliver Ess. Comets i. 10 Sometimes indeed the cometic atmosphere assumes a different form, surrounding the nucleus equally on every side like a thin cloud or mist, or, as some have fancied, like a bush of hair; whence the Comet has been denominated crinite or hairy. 2. Chiefly Botany. Having (tufts of) long hairs or hairlike structures. Now rare. ΚΠ 1796 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. (ed. 2) Crinitus, Crinite. Hairy, or having long hair, or beards resembling hair; as in Phleum crinitum.—Applied also to Fronds. 1834 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7 59 The minute branchlets of the yellow thallus..produce the irregularly radiated and crinite appearance of the margins of the fruit. 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 436 Flagellum of outer antennæ more or less crinite, often long ciliate. 1890 J. D. Hooker Flora Brit. India V. 29 Branchlets very slender with the internodes so close that they look woolly from the crowded fimbriate and crinite stipules. 1936 Amer. Midland Naturalist 17 943 (key) Basal leaves not glabrous... Not crinite, (rarely with scattered bristles on the involucre and panicle). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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