单词 | cryptodont |
释义 | cryptodontn.adj. Palaeontology and Zoology. A. n. 1. Any of various extinct dicynodont reptiles constituting the Late Permian family Cryptodontidae, which lacked obvious teeth. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of gagrill14.. cryptodont1860 opisthocoelian1890 1860 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 516/1 The cryptodonts seem to have been an edentulous order, i.e., to have possessed no perceptible teeth. 1981 Jrnl. Vertebr. Palaeontol. 1 236/1 All other cryptodonts are from the Late Permian of South Africa, Zambia, and Tanzania. 2. Any of various chiefly extinct bivalve molluscs constituting the subclass or superorder Cryptodonta, the shells of which have no hinge teeth.The Cryptodonta comprise the Palaeozoic order Praecardioida and the extant order Solemyoida, though the latter is now often placed in a different subclass. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > miscellaneous types > other types of mollusc squame1393 shell-worm1591 spout-fish1594 pentadactyl1601 sea cucumber1601 pirot1611 worm1621 nun-fish1661 scarlet mussel1672 sea-navel1678 redcap?1711 strawberry cockle1713 sea-finger1748 sea-nail1748 sea-acorn1755 coneya1757 compass1776 bubble shell1818 glass-shell1851 golden comb1857 cryptodont1893 nuculoid1960 1893 N.E.D. at Crypto- Cryptodont a. or sb., having the teeth concealed or suppressed; applied to certain palæozoic bivalve molluscs. 1898 Jrnl. Royal Miscrosc. Soc. 1898 298 Phylogeny of Lamellibranchs.—H. Douville adopts Neumayr's classification:—Taxodonts, Dysodonts, Desmodonts, Heterodonts, and the imperfectly known Cryptodonts. 1969 R. C. Moore et al. Treat. Invertebr. Paleontol.: Part N I. 115/1 Of the cryoptodonts, Edmondia and Sanguinolites are unrepresented in the Triassic. 2000 Jrnl. Paleontol. 74 600/1 The hypothesis of halobioids as cryptodonts is not supported either by ligament features..or by the lack of taxodont dentition. B. adj. ΚΠ 1861 W. S. Symonds Old Bones iii. 82 The Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard)..belongs to..the Cryptodont family of Owen; so called from the animals which compose it being edentulous, or possessing inconspicuous teeth. 1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 333/2 Oudenodon, a genus of fossil cryptodont reptiles, that is, reptiles whose teeth are either concealed or absent. 2. Of or relating to the subclass or superorder Cryptodonta of molluscs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of types of > belonging to other groups of encephalous1851 rhipidoglossate1869 cephalous1874 thecosomatous1878 rhipidoglossan1882 schizodinic1883 cryptodont1889 odontophoran1890 marginellid1917 1889 Cent. Dict. 1380/2 Cryptodont, having concealed teeth, or not known to have teeth; specifically, pertaining to the Cryptodonta or Cryptodontia. 1953 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 27 776/1 The cryptodont classification of Zalanyi appears to apply only to immature shells, in which the hinge structure is weak and primitive. 2000 Palaios 15 172/2 What they are comparing is two of the better known Silurian cryptodont genera, Cardiola and Slava, with several Upper Cretaceous inoceramid genera. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1860 |
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